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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	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	11,075	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	11,405	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	11,828	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	12,380	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	12,829	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	13,178	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	13,540	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	13,917	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	14,309	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	14,722	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	15,152	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	15,600	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	16,064	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	16,563	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	17,072	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	17,575	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	18,094	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	18,621	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,157	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,698	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	20,242	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	20,788	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	21,336	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	21,889	5,907

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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.