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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	Dominica	Burkina Faso	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	11,075	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	11,405	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	11,828	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	12,380	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	12,829	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	13,178	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	13,540	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	13,917	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	14,309	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	14,722	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	15,152	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	15,600	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	16,064	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	16,563	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	17,072	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	17,575	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	18,094	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	18,621	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	19,157	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	19,698	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	20,242	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	20,788	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	21,336	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	21,889	6,720

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

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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