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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	Niger	Burkina Faso	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	10,424	11,075	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	10,785	11,405	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	11,170	11,828	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	11,580	12,380	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	12,015	12,829	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	12,472	13,178	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	12,954	13,540	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	13,459	13,917	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	13,986	14,309	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	14,532	14,722	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	15,092	15,152	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	15,669	15,600	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	16,263	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	16,903	16,563	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	17,569	17,072	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	18,242	17,575	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	18,957	18,094	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	19,708	18,621	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	20,462	19,157	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	21,228	19,698	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	22,023	20,242	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	22,842	20,788	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	23,691	21,336	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	24,587	21,889	10,099

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 Niger, Burkina Faso, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.