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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	Serbia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	7,611	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	7,587	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	7,574	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	7,570	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	7,551	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	7,533	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	7,510	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	7,481	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	7,451	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	7,419	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	7,389	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	7,360	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	7,304	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	7,269	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	7,234	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	7,199	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	7,162	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	7,124	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	7,087	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	7,048	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	7,010	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	6,964	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	6,898	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	6,833	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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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