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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	Denmark	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	78	5,322	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	79	5,339	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	80	5,358	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	81	5,377	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	82	5,391	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	83	5,404	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	84	5,420	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	85	5,438	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	86	5,461	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	87	5,494	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	87	5,524	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	88	5,548	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	89	5,571	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	90	5,592	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	91	5,614	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	92	5,644	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	92	5,683	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	93	5,730	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	94	5,766	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	95	5,795	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	96	5,818	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	97	5,831	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	98	5,855	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	98	5,907	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.

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