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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	Cape Verde	Albania	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	422	3,085	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	430	3,065	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	438	3,047	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	447	3,038	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	455	3,026	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	463	3,014	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	471	2,998	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	478	2,979	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	486	2,957	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	494	2,934	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	501	2,915	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,900	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	516	2,892	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	524	2,888	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	531	2,882	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	539	2,876	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	546	2,868	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	553	2,863	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	562	2,861	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	568	2,854	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	574	2,842	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	580	2,825	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	585	2,799	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	590	2,787	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.

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 Cape Verde, Albania, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.