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