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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	Mali	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,596	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,833	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,890	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,007	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,307	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,579	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,804	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,043	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,337	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,657	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	12,986	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,325	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	13,679	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,040	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,412	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,803	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,210	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,629	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,060	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,507	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,967	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,442	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,930	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,494	21,889

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.

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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, Mali, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.