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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	24,701	11,075	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	25,042	11,405	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	25,372	11,828	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,696	12,380	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,992	12,829	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	26,268	13,178	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,540	13,540	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,812	13,917	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,081	14,309	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,347	14,722	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,609	15,152	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,869	15,600	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,132	16,064	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,398	16,563	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	28,666	17,072	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,934	17,575	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,205	18,094	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,480	18,621	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,756	19,157	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	30,031	19,698	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,305	20,242	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,576	20,788	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,843	21,336	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,337	21,889	31,058

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