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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	Burkina Faso	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	78	11,075	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	79	11,405	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	80	11,828	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	81	12,380	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	82	12,829	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	83	13,178	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	84	13,540	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	85	13,917	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	86	14,309	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	87	14,722	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	87	15,152	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	88	15,600	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	89	16,064	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	90	16,563	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	91	17,072	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	92	17,575	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	92	18,094	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	93	18,621	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	94	19,157	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	95	19,698	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	96	20,242	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	97	20,788	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	98	21,336	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	98	21,889	2,787	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

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