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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	Netherlands	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	15,817	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	15,932	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	16,052	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	16,155	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	16,231	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	16,288	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	16,326	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	16,352	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	16,388	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	16,452	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	16,536	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	16,621	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	16,699	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	16,761	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	16,810	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	16,871	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	16,946	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	17,036	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	17,137	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	17,238	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	17,351	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	17,448	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	17,539	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	17,709	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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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