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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	China	Burkina Faso	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,248,899	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,258,401	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,267,178	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,275,379	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,283,064	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,290,620	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,298,245	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,305,116	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,311,877	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,318,559	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,324,993	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,331,357	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,339,549	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,349,537	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,357,520	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,366,654	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,373,406	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,382,401	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,390,136	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,395,398	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,400,035	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,402,060	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,402,537	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,401,693	21,889	2,559

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

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

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