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	Honduras	Burkina Faso	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,198	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,367	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,535	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,698	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,863	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,028	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,194	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,359	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,522	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,682	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,839	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,991	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,141	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,288	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,429	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,546	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,661	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,770	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,878	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,002	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,154	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,304	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,448	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,590	21,889	167

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, Honduras, Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.