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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	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	5,322	422
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	5,339	430
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	5,358	438
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	5,377	447
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	5,391	455
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	5,404	463
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	5,420	471
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	5,438	478
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	5,461	486
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	5,494	494
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	5,524	501
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	5,548	509
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	5,571	516
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	5,592	524
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	5,614	531
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	5,644	539
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	5,683	546
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	5,730	553
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	5,766	562
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	5,795	568
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	5,818	574
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	5,831	580
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	5,855	585
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	5,907	590

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.