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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	Paraguay	Burkina Faso	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	11,075	633
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	11,405	648
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	11,828	665
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	12,380	707
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	12,829	773
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	13,178	839
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	13,540	907
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	13,917	974
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	14,309	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	14,722	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	15,152	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	15,600	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	16,064	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	16,563	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	17,072	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	17,575	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	18,094	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	18,621	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	19,157	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	19,698	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	20,242	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	20,788	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	21,336	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	21,889	1,521

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