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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	Iceland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	277	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	281	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	285	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	288	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	289	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	293	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	296	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	304	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	311	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	319	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	319	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	318	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	319	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	321	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	324	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	327	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	331	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	335	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	343	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	353	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	361	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	366	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	372	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	380	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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