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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	Yemen	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	16,728	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	17,236	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	17,762	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	18,310	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	18,855	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	19,410	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	20,000	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	20,611	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	21,236	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	21,878	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	22,533	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	23,195	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	23,880	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	24,594	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	25,311	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	26,020	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	26,698	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	27,347	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	27,985	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	28,608	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	29,216	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	29,811	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	30,399	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	31,058	1,456

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, Yemen, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.