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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	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	11,075	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	11,405	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	11,828	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	12,380	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	12,829	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	13,178	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	13,540	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	13,917	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	14,309	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	14,722	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	15,152	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	15,600	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	16,064	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	16,563	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	17,072	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	17,575	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	18,094	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	18,621	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	19,157	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	19,698	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	20,242	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	20,788	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	21,336	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	21,889	9,188

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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