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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	Malta	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	22,206	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	22,461	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	22,507	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	23,600	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	25,005	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	25,698	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	26,335	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	27,154	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	27,387	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	27,706	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	28,484	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	29,121	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	29,758	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	30,420	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	31,108	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	31,823	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	32,564	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	33,332	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	34,125	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	34,941	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	35,972	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	37,034	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	38,127	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	39,252	21,889

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, Malta, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.