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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	11,075	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	11,405	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	11,828	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	12,380	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	12,829	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	13,178	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	13,540	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	13,917	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	14,309	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	14,722	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	15,152	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	15,600	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	16,064	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	16,563	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	17,072	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	17,575	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	18,094	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	18,621	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	19,157	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	19,698	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	20,242	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	20,788	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	21,336	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	21,889	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.