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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	Honduras
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	11,075	6,198
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	11,405	6,367
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	11,828	6,535
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	12,380	6,698
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	12,829	6,863
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	13,178	7,028
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	13,540	7,194
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	13,917	7,359
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	14,309	7,522
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	14,722	7,682
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	15,152	7,839
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	15,600	7,991
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	16,064	8,141
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	16,563	8,288
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	17,072	8,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	17,575	8,546
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	18,094	8,661
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	18,621	8,770
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	19,157	8,878
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	19,698	9,002
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	20,242	9,154
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	20,788	9,304
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	21,336	9,448
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	21,889	9,590

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, Honduras; the database as a whole is cited above.