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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	78	11,075	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	79	11,405	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	80	11,828	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	81	12,380	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	82	12,829	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	83	13,178	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	84	13,540	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	85	13,917	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	86	14,309	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	87	14,722	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	87	15,152	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	88	15,600	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	89	16,064	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	90	16,563	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	91	17,072	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	92	17,575	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	92	18,094	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	93	18,621	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	94	19,157	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	95	19,698	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	96	20,242	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	97	20,788	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	98	21,336	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	98	21,889	2,739

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 Seychelles, Burkina Faso, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.