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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	147,218	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	146,600	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	145,980	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	145,310	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	144,652	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	144,071	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,522	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	143,053	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	142,809	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	142,746	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	142,789	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	142,853	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	142,964	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	143,205	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	143,510	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	146,094	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	146,410	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	146,678	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	146,846	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	146,834	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	146,768	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	146,463	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	145,849	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	146,693	21,889	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.