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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	Burkina Faso	Barbados	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	273	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	274	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	275	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	276	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	278	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	279	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	280	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	281	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	282	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	283	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	285	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	286	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	287	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	288	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	289	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	290	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	291	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	291	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	292	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	293	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	294	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	294	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	295	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	295	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.

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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 Burkina Faso, Barbados, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.