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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	Uzbekistan	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	24,701	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	25,042	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	25,372	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,696	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,992	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	26,268	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,540	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,812	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,081	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,347	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,609	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,869	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,132	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,398	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	28,666	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,934	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,205	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,480	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,756	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	30,031	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,305	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,576	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,843	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,337	21,889	6,291

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, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.