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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	Russia	Burkina Faso	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	147,218	11,075	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	146,600	11,405	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	145,980	11,828	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	145,310	12,380	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	144,652	12,829	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	144,071	13,178	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,522	13,540	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	143,053	13,917	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	142,809	14,309	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	142,746	14,722	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	142,789	15,152	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	142,853	15,600	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	142,964	16,064	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	143,205	16,563	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	143,510	17,072	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	146,094	17,575	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	146,410	18,094	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	146,678	18,621	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	146,846	19,157	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	146,834	19,698	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	146,768	20,242	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	146,463	20,788	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	145,849	21,336	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	146,693	21,889	39,252

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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