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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	Central African Republic	Hong Kong SAR China	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	6,587	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	6,646	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	6,695	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	6,725	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	6,712	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	6,765	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	6,794	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	6,838	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	6,897	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	6,938	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	6,953	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	7,004	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	7,052	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	7,130	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	7,159	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	7,209	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	7,271	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	7,316	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	7,372	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	7,432	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	7,487	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	7,460	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	7,392	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	7,387	21,889

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 Central African Republic, Hong Kong SAR China, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.