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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	Bolivia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	8,007	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	8,177	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	8,351	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	8,529	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	8,711	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	8,895	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	9,081	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	9,268	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	9,457	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	9,647	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	9,836	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	10,024	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	10,211	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	10,397	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	10,581	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	10,763	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	10,942	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	11,118	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	11,289	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	11,456	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	11,621	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	11,775	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	11,917	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	12,060	295

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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