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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	Moldova	Burkina Faso	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	11,075	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	11,405	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	11,828	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	12,380	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	12,829	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	13,178	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	13,540	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	13,917	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	14,309	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	14,722	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	15,152	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	15,600	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	16,064	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	16,563	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	17,072	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	17,575	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	18,094	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	18,621	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	19,157	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	19,698	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	20,242	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	20,788	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	21,336	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	21,889	2,676

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

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

No separate list is published for Barbados, Moldova, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.