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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	Nepal	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	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, Nepal, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.