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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	Israel	Burkina Faso	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	11,075	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	11,405	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	11,828	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	12,380	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	12,829	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	13,178	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	13,540	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	13,917	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	14,309	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	14,722	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	15,152	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	15,600	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	16,064	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	16,563	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	17,072	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	17,575	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	18,094	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	18,621	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	19,157	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	19,698	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	20,242	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	20,788	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	21,336	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	21,889	39,252

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