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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	Tunisia	Burkina Faso	Barbados	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	11,075	273	152
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	11,405	274	153
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	11,828	275	154
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	12,380	276	155
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	12,829	278	156
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	13,178	279	157
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	13,540	280	157
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	13,917	281	158
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	14,309	282	159
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	14,722	283	160
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	15,152	285	160
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	15,600	286	161
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	16,064	287	162
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	16,563	288	162
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	17,072	289	163
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	17,575	290	163
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	18,094	291	164
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	18,621	291	164
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	19,157	292	165
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	19,698	293	166
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	20,242	294	166
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	20,788	294	167
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	21,336	295	167
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	21,889	295	167

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 Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Barbados, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.