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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	Laos	Burkina Faso	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	11,075	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	11,405	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	11,828	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	12,380	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	12,829	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	13,178	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	13,540	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	13,917	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	14,309	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	14,722	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	15,152	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	16,064	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	16,563	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	17,072	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	17,575	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	18,094	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	18,621	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	19,157	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	19,698	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	20,242	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	20,788	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	21,336	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	21,889	590

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, Laos, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.