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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	Puerto Rico	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	3,800	422
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,811	430
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	3,819	438
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	3,824	447
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	3,826	455
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	3,827	463
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	3,822	471
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	3,805	478
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	3,783	486
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	3,761	494
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	3,741	501
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	3,722	509
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	3,679	516
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	3,636	524
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	3,589	531
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	3,534	539
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	3,473	546
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,411	553
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,352	562
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,295	568
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,268	574
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	3,247	580
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	3,232	585
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	3,228	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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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, Puerto Rico, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.