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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	Burkina Faso	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	422	11,075	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	430	11,405	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	438	11,828	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	447	12,380	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	455	12,829	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	463	13,178	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	471	13,540	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	478	13,917	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	486	14,309	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	494	14,722	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	501	15,152	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	516	16,064	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	524	16,563	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	531	17,072	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	539	17,575	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	546	18,094	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	553	18,621	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	562	19,157	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	568	19,698	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	574	20,242	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	580	20,788	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	585	21,336	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	590	21,889	1,883

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