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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	Togo	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,852	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,992	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,135	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,278	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,425	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,578	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,715	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,865	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,042	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,220	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,405	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,587	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,772	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,961	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,154	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,351	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,552	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,757	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,965	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,176	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,376	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,579	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,784	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,991	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, Togo, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.