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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	Cyprus	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	818	22,206	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	826	22,461	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	835	22,507	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	845	23,600	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	855	25,005	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	867	25,698	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	879	26,335	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	894	27,154	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	913	27,387	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	937	27,706	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	962	28,484	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	988	29,121	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	29,758	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	30,420	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	31,108	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	31,823	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	32,564	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	33,332	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	34,125	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	34,941	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	35,972	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	37,034	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	38,127	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	39,252	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 Cyprus, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.