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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	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	11,075	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	11,405	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	11,828	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	12,380	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	12,829	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	13,178	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	13,540	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	13,917	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	14,309	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	14,722	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	15,152	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	15,600	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	16,064	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	16,563	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	17,072	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	17,575	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	18,094	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	18,621	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	19,157	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	19,698	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	20,242	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	20,788	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	21,336	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	21,889	37,101

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