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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	South Africa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	46,257	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	46,958	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	47,820	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	48,480	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	48,951	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	49,478	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	50,054	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	50,667	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	51,339	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	52,077	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	52,862	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	53,682	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	54,518	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	55,356	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	56,215	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	57,075	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	57,947	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	58,830	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	59,715	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	60,595	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	61,469	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	62,355	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	62,900	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	63,382	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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