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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	Oman	Puerto Rico	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,348	3,800	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,403	3,811	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,457	3,819	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,510	3,824	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,562	3,826	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,613	3,827	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,663	3,822	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,713	3,805	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,764	3,783	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,816	3,761	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,871	3,741	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,928	3,722	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,986	3,679	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	3,047	3,636	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	3,110	3,589	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	3,174	3,534	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	3,240	3,473	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,307	3,411	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,375	3,352	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,444	3,295	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,512	3,268	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	3,582	3,247	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	3,651	3,232	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	3,696	3,228	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

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