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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	11,075	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	11,405	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	11,828	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	12,380	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	12,829	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	13,178	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	13,540	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	13,917	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	14,309	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	14,722	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	15,152	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	15,600	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	16,064	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	16,563	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	17,072	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	17,575	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	18,094	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	18,621	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	19,157	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	19,698	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	20,242	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	20,788	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	21,336	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	21,889	16,514

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, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.