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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	Cameroon	Burkina Faso	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	11,075	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	11,405	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	11,828	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	12,380	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	12,829	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	13,178	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	13,540	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	13,917	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	14,309	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	14,722	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	15,152	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	15,600	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	16,064	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	16,563	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	17,072	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	17,575	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	18,094	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	18,621	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	19,157	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	19,698	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	20,242	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	20,788	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	21,336	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	21,889	2,739

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 Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.