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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	11,075	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	11,405	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	11,828	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	12,380	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	12,829	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	13,178	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	13,540	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	13,917	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	14,309	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	14,722	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	15,152	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	15,600	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	16,064	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	16,563	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	17,072	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	17,575	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	18,094	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	18,621	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	19,157	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	19,698	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	20,242	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	20,788	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	21,336	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	21,889	63,382

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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

No separate list is published for Barbados, Central African Republic, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.