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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	Norway	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	4,463	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	4,492	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	4,515	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	4,539	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	4,566	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	4,593	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	4,624	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	4,662	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	4,710	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	4,769	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	4,830	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	4,890	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	4,954	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	5,020	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	5,081	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	5,138	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	5,191	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	5,237	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	5,278	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	5,313	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	5,349	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	5,380	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	5,409	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	5,458	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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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