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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	Cambodia	Burkina Faso	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,122	11,075	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,317	11,405	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,504	11,828	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,691	12,380	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,881	12,829	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,076	13,178	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,276	13,540	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,461	13,917	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,630	14,309	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	283	13,808	14,722	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,990	15,152	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,162	15,600	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,322	16,064	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,480	16,563	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,637	17,072	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,793	17,575	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	291	14,994	18,094	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,238	18,621	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	292	15,480	19,157	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,717	19,698	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,944	20,242	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,149	20,788	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,338	21,336	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	16,514	21,889	13,087

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