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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	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	11,075	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	11,405	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	11,828	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	12,380	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	12,829	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	13,178	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	13,540	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	13,917	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	14,309	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	14,722	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	15,152	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	15,600	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	16,064	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	16,563	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	17,072	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	17,575	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	18,094	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	18,621	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	19,157	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	19,698	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	20,242	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	20,788	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	21,336	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	21,889	937

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, Dominica, Burkina Faso, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.