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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	Venezuela	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	23,188	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	23,601	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	24,011	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	24,425	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	24,841	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	25,255	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	25,667	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	26,079	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	26,589	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	27,098	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	27,510	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	27,920	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	28,327	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	28,722	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	29,111	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	29,418	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	29,693	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	29,961	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	29,856	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	28,858	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	27,921	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	27,871	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	28,316	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	28,418	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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