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	Haiti	Burkina Faso	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,121	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,279	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,430	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,580	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,739	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,900	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,061	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,216	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,364	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,508	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,652	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,553	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,670	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,793	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,922	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,047	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,254	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,486	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,647	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,788	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,933	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,077	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,215	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,349	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, Haiti, Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.