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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	Bolivia	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	8,007	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	8,177	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	8,351	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	8,529	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	8,711	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	8,895	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,081	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	9,268	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	9,457	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	9,647	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	9,836	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,024	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,211	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,397	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,581	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,763	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,942	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,118	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,289	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,456	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,621	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,775	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,917	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	12,060	21,889	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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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