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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	Singapore	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	3,959	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	4,028	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	4,138	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	4,176	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	4,115	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	4,167	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	4,266	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	4,401	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	4,589	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	4,839	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	4,988	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	5,077	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	5,184	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	5,312	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	5,399	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	5,470	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	5,535	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	5,607	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	5,612	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	5,639	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	5,704	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	5,686	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	5,716	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	5,750	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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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