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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	Honduras	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	6,198	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	6,367	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	6,535	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	6,698	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	6,863	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	7,028	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	7,194	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	7,359	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	7,522	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	7,682	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	7,839	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	7,991	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	8,141	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	8,288	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	8,429	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	8,546	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	8,661	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	8,770	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	8,878	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	9,002	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	9,154	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	9,304	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	9,448	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	9,590	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

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