Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Iran	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	64,704	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	65,411	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	66,167	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	66,689	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	67,807	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	68,480	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	69,325	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	70,158	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	71,040	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	71,942	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	72,888	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	73,826	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	74,625	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	75,446	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	76,418	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	77,521	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	78,652	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	79,700	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	80,725	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	81,721	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	82,685	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	83,614	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	84,505	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	85,108	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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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