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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	Israel	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	5,927	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	6,088	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	6,236	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	6,366	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	6,484	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	6,603	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	6,723	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	6,846	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	6,972	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	7,100	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	7,226	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	7,360	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	7,498	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	7,637	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	7,781	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	7,931	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	8,091	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	8,251	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	8,412	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	8,576	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	8,742	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	8,899	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	9,047	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	9,188	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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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