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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	Niger	Burkina Faso	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	11,075	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	11,405	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	11,828	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	12,380	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	12,829	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	13,178	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	13,540	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	13,917	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	14,309	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	14,722	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	15,152	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	15,600	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	16,064	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	16,563	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	17,072	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	17,575	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	18,094	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	18,621	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	19,157	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	19,698	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	20,242	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	20,788	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	21,336	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	21,889	3,228

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

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