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	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	11,075	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	11,405	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	11,828	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	12,380	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	12,829	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	13,178	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	13,540	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	13,917	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	14,309	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	14,722	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	15,152	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	15,600	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	16,064	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	16,563	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	17,072	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	17,575	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	18,094	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	18,621	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,157	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,698	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	20,242	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	20,788	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	21,336	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	21,889	85,108

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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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