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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	Dominica	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	21,889	3,570

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 Dominica, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.