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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	Sri Lanka	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	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

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