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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	Denmark	Burkina Faso	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	11,075	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	11,405	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	11,828	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	12,380	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	12,829	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	13,178	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	13,540	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	13,917	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	14,309	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	14,722	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	15,152	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	15,600	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	16,064	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	16,563	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	17,072	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	17,575	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	18,094	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	18,621	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	19,157	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	19,698	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	20,242	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	20,788	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	21,336	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	21,889	3,790

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

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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