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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	Lesotho	Burkina Faso	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	11,075	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	11,405	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	11,828	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	12,380	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	12,829	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	13,178	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	13,540	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	13,917	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	14,309	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	14,722	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	15,152	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	15,600	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	16,064	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	16,563	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	17,072	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	17,575	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	18,094	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	18,621	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	19,157	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	19,698	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	20,242	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	20,788	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	21,336	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	21,889	5,185

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