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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	Sudan	Burkina Faso	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	11,075	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	11,405	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	11,828	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	12,380	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	12,829	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	13,178	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	13,540	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	13,917	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	14,309	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	14,722	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	15,152	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	15,600	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	16,064	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	16,563	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	17,072	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	17,575	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	18,094	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	18,621	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	19,157	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	19,698	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	20,242	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	20,788	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	21,336	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	21,889	12,060

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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