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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	Sri Lanka	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	70	19,354	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	71	19,610	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	71	19,838	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	72	20,060	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	72	20,297	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	72	20,529	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	72	20,703	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	72	20,917	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,120	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	73	21,315	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	73	21,503	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	73	21,713	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	73	21,918	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	73	22,120	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	73	22,320	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	73	22,517	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	74	22,711	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	74	22,899	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	74	23,080	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	74	23,254	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	75	23,420	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	75	23,579	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	76	23,732	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	76	23,796	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

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