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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Belarus	Burkina Faso	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,064	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,034	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,000	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	9,955	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	9,905	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,856	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,807	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,764	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,734	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,713	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,697	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,681	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,662	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,643	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,624	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,605	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,585	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,564	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,542	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,519	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,495	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,469	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,442	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,400	21,889	2,559

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Barbados, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.