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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	Senegal	Burkina Faso	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	10,070	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	10,305	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	10,576	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	10,864	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	11,172	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	11,498	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	11,839	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	12,204	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	12,584	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	12,978	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	13,382	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	13,794	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	14,226	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	14,668	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	15,121	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	15,589	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	16,066	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	16,549	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	17,044	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	17,535	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	18,021	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	18,518	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	19,016	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	19,512	21,889	7,387

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 Senegal, Burkina Faso, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.