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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	Bolivia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	70	8,007	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	71	8,177	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	71	8,351	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	72	8,529	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	72	8,711	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	72	8,895	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	72	9,081	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	72	9,268	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	72	9,457	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	73	9,647	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	73	9,836	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	73	10,024	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	73	10,211	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	73	10,397	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	73	10,581	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	73	10,763	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	74	10,942	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	74	11,118	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	74	11,289	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	74	11,456	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	75	11,621	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	75	11,775	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	76	11,917	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	76	12,060	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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Dominica, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.