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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	Seychelles	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	78	273	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	79	274	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	80	275	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	81	276	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	82	278	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	83	279	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	84	280	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	85	281	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	86	282	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	87	283	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	87	285	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	88	286	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	89	287	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	90	288	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	91	289	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	92	290	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	92	291	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	93	291	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	94	292	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	95	293	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	96	294	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	97	294	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	98	295	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	98	295	108,171	21,889

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

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