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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	Costa Rica	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	3,785	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,867	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	3,951	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	4,021	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	4,079	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	4,145	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	4,212	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	4,278	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	4,338	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	4,400	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	4,467	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	4,544	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	4,587	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	4,648	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	4,707	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	4,768	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	4,827	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	4,885	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	4,942	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	4,998	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	5,052	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	5,105	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	5,158	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	5,185	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

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