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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	Sierra Leone	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	3,736	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,809	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	4,043	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	4,287	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	4,466	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	4,602	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	4,708	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	4,818	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	4,918	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	5,023	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	5,132	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	5,246	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	5,364	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	5,486	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	5,613	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	5,744	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	5,879	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	6,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	6,163	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	6,312	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	6,461	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	6,611	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	6,761	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	6,910	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

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