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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	Qatar	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	818	627	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	826	659	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	835	691	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	845	724	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	855	757	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	867	850	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	879	1,001	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	894	1,153	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	913	1,306	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	937	1,460	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	962	1,615	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	988	1,770	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	1,904	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	2,010	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	2,103	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	2,187	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	2,261	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	2,326	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	2,384	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	2,435	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	2,480	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	2,519	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	2,553	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	2,559	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, Qatar, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.