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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	Cyprus	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	818	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	826	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	835	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	845	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	855	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	867	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	879	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	894	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	913	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	937	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	962	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	988	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,013	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,029	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,026	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,015	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,009	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,014	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,023	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,036	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,050	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,062	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,072	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,087	21,889	108,171

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, Cyprus, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.