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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,122	11,075	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,317	11,405	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,504	11,828	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,691	12,380	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,881	12,829	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,076	13,178	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,276	13,540	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,461	13,917	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,630	14,309	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	283	13,808	14,722	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,990	15,152	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,162	15,600	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,322	16,064	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,480	16,563	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,637	17,072	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,793	17,575	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	291	14,994	18,094	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,238	18,621	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	292	15,480	19,157	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,717	19,698	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,944	20,242	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,149	20,788	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,338	21,336	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	295	16,514	21,889	3,333

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