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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	Ethiopia	Burkina Faso	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	21,889	7,387

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 Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.