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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	70	51,181	11,075	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	71	52,782	11,405	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	71	54,453	11,828	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	72	56,170	12,380	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,860	12,829	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	72	59,599	13,178	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	72	61,474	13,540	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	72	63,479	13,917	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	72	65,590	14,309	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	73	67,800	14,722	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	73	70,114	15,152	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	73	72,550	15,600	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	73	75,138	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	73	77,792	16,563	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,534	17,072	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	73	83,368	17,575	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	74	86,229	18,094	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	74	89,193	18,621	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	74	92,209	19,157	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	74	95,232	19,698	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	75	98,320	20,242	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	75	101,499	20,788	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	76	104,767	21,336	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	76	108,171	21,889	10,099

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.