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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	21,889	6,291

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.