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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	Cambodia	Burkina Faso	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	12,122	11,075	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	12,317	11,405	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	12,504	11,828	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	12,691	12,380	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	12,881	12,829	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	13,076	13,178	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	13,276	13,540	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	13,461	13,917	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	13,630	14,309	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	13,808	14,722	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	13,990	15,152	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	14,162	15,600	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	14,322	16,064	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	14,480	16,563	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	14,637	17,072	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	14,793	17,575	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	14,994	18,094	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	15,238	18,621	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	15,480	19,157	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	15,717	19,698	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	15,944	20,242	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	16,149	20,788	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	16,338	21,336	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	16,514	21,889	2,059

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 Cambodia, Burkina Faso, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.