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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	Chad	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,559	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,821	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,092	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,395	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,763	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,191	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,594	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,967	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,338	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,728	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,139	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,983	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	12,427	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	12,895	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	13,379	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	13,823	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	14,277	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	14,765	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,252	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,750	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,257	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,776	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,307	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, Chad, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.