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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Estonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	51,181	1,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	52,782	1,400	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	54,453	1,391	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	56,170	1,382	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	57,860	1,374	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	59,599	1,365	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	61,474	1,357	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	63,479	1,349	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	65,590	1,341	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	67,800	1,337	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	70,114	1,334	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	72,550	1,332	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	75,138	1,328	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	77,792	1,324	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	80,534	1,319	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	83,368	1,314	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	86,229	1,312	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	89,193	1,314	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	92,209	1,314	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	95,232	1,318	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	98,320	1,323	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	101,499	1,327	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	104,767	1,329	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	108,171	1,330	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.

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 Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa, Estonia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.