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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	Chile	Burkina Faso	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	11,075	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	11,405	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	11,828	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	12,380	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	12,829	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	13,178	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	13,540	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	13,917	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	14,309	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	14,722	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	15,152	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	15,600	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	16,064	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	16,563	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	17,072	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	17,575	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	18,094	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	18,621	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	19,157	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	19,698	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	20,242	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	20,788	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	21,336	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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