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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	Palestinian Territories	Burkina Faso	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,996	11,075	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,075	11,405	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,155	11,828	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,235	12,380	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,315	12,829	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,396	13,178	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,478	13,540	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,559	13,917	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,642	14,309	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,727	14,722	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,817	15,152	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,907	15,600	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,997	16,064	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,088	16,563	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,178	17,072	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,269	17,575	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,359	18,094	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,451	18,621	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,533	19,157	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,615	19,698	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,715	20,242	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,820	20,788	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,930	21,336	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,042	21,889	2,059

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, Palestinian Territories, Burkina Faso, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.