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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	Puerto Rico	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	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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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, Puerto Rico, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.