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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	Colombia	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	38,365	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	38,911	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	39,411	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	39,918	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	40,416	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	40,899	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	41,374	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	41,862	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	42,324	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,781	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,264	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	43,771	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	44,225	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,660	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,081	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	45,846	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,290	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,796	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	47,385	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	48,222	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	49,326	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	50,283	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	50,978	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,332	21,889	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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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