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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	11,075	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	11,405	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	11,828	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	12,380	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	12,829	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	13,178	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	13,540	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	13,917	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	14,309	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	14,722	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	15,152	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	15,600	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	16,064	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	16,563	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	17,072	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	17,575	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	18,094	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	18,621	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	19,157	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	19,698	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	20,242	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	20,788	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	21,336	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	21,889	7,432

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, Denmark, Burkina Faso, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.