Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Burkina Faso	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	11,075	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	11,405	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	11,828	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	12,380	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	12,829	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	13,178	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	13,540	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	13,917	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	14,309	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	14,722	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	15,152	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	15,600	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	16,064	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	16,563	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	17,072	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	17,575	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	18,094	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	18,621	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,157	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,698	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	20,242	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	20,788	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	21,336	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	21,889	13,439

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