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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	Oman	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	78	273	2,348	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	79	274	2,403	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	80	275	2,457	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	81	276	2,510	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	82	278	2,562	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	83	279	2,613	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	84	280	2,663	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	85	281	2,713	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	86	282	2,764	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	87	283	2,816	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	87	285	2,871	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	88	286	2,928	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	89	287	2,986	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	90	288	3,047	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	91	289	3,110	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	92	290	3,174	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	92	291	3,240	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	93	291	3,307	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	94	292	3,375	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	95	293	3,444	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	96	294	3,512	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	97	294	3,582	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	98	295	3,651	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	98	295	3,696	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, Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.