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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	Ethiopia	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	21,889	6,291

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, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.