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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	El Salvador	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,767	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,825	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,856	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,869	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,880	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,888	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,899	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,906	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,911	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,934	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,954	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,967	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,984	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,033	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,121	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,179	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,205	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,248	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,304	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,368	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,372	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,385	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,407	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,429	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.

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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, El Salvador, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.