Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Yemen	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	16,728	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	17,236	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	17,762	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	18,310	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	18,855	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	19,410	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	20,000	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	20,611	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	21,236	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	21,878	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	22,533	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	23,195	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	23,880	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	24,594	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	25,311	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	26,020	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	26,698	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	27,347	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	27,985	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	28,608	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	29,216	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	29,811	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	30,399	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	31,058	21,889

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Yemen, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.