Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

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	Cuba	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	11,108	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	11,147	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	11,179	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	11,210	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	11,241	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	11,260	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	11,268	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	11,266	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	11,261	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	11,258	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	11,260	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	11,262	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	11,264	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	11,262	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	11,250	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	11,238	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	11,214	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	11,180	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	11,147	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	11,116	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	11,105	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	11,089	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	11,046	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	11,003	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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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