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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	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	11,075	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	11,405	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	11,828	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	12,380	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	12,829	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	13,178	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	13,540	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	13,917	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	14,309	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	14,722	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	15,152	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	15,600	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	16,064	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	16,563	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	17,072	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	17,575	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	18,094	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	18,621	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	19,157	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	19,698	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	20,242	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	20,788	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	21,336	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	21,889	5,750

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

No separate list is published for Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.