Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Georgia	Burkina Faso	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,848	11,075	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,814	11,405	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,789	11,828	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,771	12,380	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,746	12,829	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,739	13,178	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,786	13,540	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,826	13,917	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,820	14,309	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,819	14,722	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,851	15,152	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,898	15,600	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,934	16,064	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,946	16,563	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,938	17,072	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,931	17,575	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,927	18,094	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,924	18,621	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,922	19,157	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,922	19,698	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,923	20,242	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,926	20,788	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,929	21,336	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,911	21,889	46,498

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, Georgia, Burkina Faso, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.