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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	Montenegro	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	623	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	623	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	623	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	622	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	621	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	621	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	621	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	620	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	620	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	621	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	622	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	623	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	622	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	622	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	622	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	621	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	620	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	618	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	616	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	614	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	613	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	612	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	611	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	610	21,889	6,291

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

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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