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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	24,701	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	25,042	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	25,372	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,696	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,992	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	26,268	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,540	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,812	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,081	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,347	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,609	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,869	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,132	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,398	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	28,666	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,934	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,205	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,480	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,756	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	30,031	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,305	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,576	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,843	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,337	21,889	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.