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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	Benin	Burkina Faso	Qatar	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	11,075	627	273
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	11,405	659	274
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	11,828	691	275
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	12,380	724	276
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	12,829	757	278
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	13,178	850	279
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	13,540	1,001	280
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	13,917	1,153	281
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	14,309	1,306	282
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	14,722	1,460	283
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	15,152	1,615	285
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	15,600	1,770	286
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	16,064	1,904	287
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	16,563	2,010	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	17,072	2,103	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	17,575	2,187	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	18,094	2,261	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	18,621	2,326	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	19,157	2,384	292
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	19,698	2,435	293
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	20,242	2,480	294
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	20,788	2,519	294
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	21,336	2,553	295
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	21,889	2,559	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

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