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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	Tanzania	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	32,912	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	33,953	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	34,974	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	36,021	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	37,100	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,167	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,262	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	40,387	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	41,557	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,741	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,889	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,132	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,531	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	47,965	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	49,437	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,965	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,604	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	54,336	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	56,062	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	57,765	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,465	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	61,191	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,944	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	64,835	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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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, Tanzania, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.