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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	11,075	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	11,405	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	11,828	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	12,380	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	12,829	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	13,178	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	13,540	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	13,917	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	14,309	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	14,722	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	15,152	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	15,600	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	16,064	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	16,563	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	17,072	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	17,575	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	18,094	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	18,621	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	19,157	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	19,698	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	20,242	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	20,788	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	21,336	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	21,889	1,456

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, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.