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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	South Africa	Burkina Faso	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	21,889	3,570

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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.