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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	Central African Republic	Burkina Faso	Dominican Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	11,075	8,175
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	11,405	8,301
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	11,828	8,427
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	12,380	8,553
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	12,829	8,678
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	13,178	8,801
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	13,540	8,924
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	13,917	9,044
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	14,309	9,164
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	14,722	9,281
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	15,152	9,398
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	15,600	9,512
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	16,064	9,627
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	16,563	9,742
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	17,072	9,855
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	17,575	9,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	18,094	10,072
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	18,621	10,177
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	19,157	10,281
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	19,698	10,385
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	20,242	10,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	20,788	10,587
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	21,336	10,686
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	21,889	10,793

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