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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	11,075	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	11,405	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	11,828	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	12,380	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	12,829	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	13,178	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	13,540	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	13,917	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	14,309	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	14,722	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	15,152	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	15,600	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	16,064	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	16,563	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	17,072	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	17,575	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	18,094	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	18,621	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	19,157	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	19,698	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	20,242	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	20,788	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	21,336	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	21,889	885

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