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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	Denmark	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	5,322	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	5,339	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	5,358	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	5,377	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	5,391	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	5,404	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	5,420	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	5,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	5,461	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	5,494	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	5,524	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	5,548	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	5,571	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	5,592	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	5,614	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	5,644	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	5,683	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	5,730	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	5,766	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	5,795	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	5,818	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	5,831	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	5,855	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	5,907	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, Denmark, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.