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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	Portugal	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	11,075	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	11,405	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	11,828	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	12,380	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	12,829	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	13,178	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	13,540	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	13,917	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	14,309	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	14,722	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	15,152	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	15,600	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	16,064	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	16,563	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	17,072	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	17,575	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	18,094	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	18,621	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	19,157	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	19,698	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	20,242	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	20,788	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	21,336	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	21,889	108,171	295

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.

All data sources

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.