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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	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Spain	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	40,378	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	40,563	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	40,775	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	41,433	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	42,205	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	42,869	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	43,672	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	44,370	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	45,246	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	45,993	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	46,378	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	46,573	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	46,746	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	46,777	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	46,603	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	46,465	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	46,420	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	46,460	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	46,543	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	46,739	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	47,116	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	47,366	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	47,342	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	47,625	530

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.