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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	North Macedonia	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,006	11,075	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,017	11,405	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,026	11,828	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,011	12,380	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,018	12,829	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,024	13,178	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,028	13,540	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,031	13,917	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,035	14,309	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,038	14,722	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,042	15,152	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,046	15,600	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,049	16,064	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,052	16,563	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,055	17,072	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,058	17,575	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,061	18,094	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,063	18,621	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,065	19,157	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,067	19,698	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,068	20,242	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,065	20,788	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,057	21,336	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,048	21,889	6,910

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

North Macedonia

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

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