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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	Barbados	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	422	273	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	430	274	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	438	275	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	447	276	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	455	278	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	463	279	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	471	280	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	478	281	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	486	282	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	494	283	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	501	285	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	516	287	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	524	288	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	531	289	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	539	290	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	546	291	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	553	291	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	562	292	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	568	293	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	574	294	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	580	294	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	585	295	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	590	295	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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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, Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.