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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	Qatar	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	627	422
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	659	430
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	691	438
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	724	447
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	757	455
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	850	463
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	1,001	471
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	1,153	478
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	1,306	486
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	1,460	494
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	1,615	501
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	1,770	509
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	1,904	516
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	2,010	524
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	2,103	531
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	2,187	539
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	2,261	546
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	2,326	553
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	2,384	562
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	2,435	568
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	2,480	574
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	2,519	580
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	2,553	585
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	2,559	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, Qatar, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.