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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	623	11,075	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	623	11,405	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	623	11,828	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	622	12,380	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	621	12,829	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	621	13,178	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	621	13,540	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	620	13,917	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	620	14,309	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	621	14,722	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	622	15,152	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	623	15,600	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	622	16,064	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	622	16,563	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	622	17,072	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	621	17,575	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	620	18,094	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	618	18,621	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	616	19,157	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	614	19,698	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	613	20,242	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	612	20,788	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	611	21,336	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	610	21,889	46,498

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