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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	11,075	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	11,405	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	11,828	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	12,380	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	12,829	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	13,178	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	13,540	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	13,917	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	14,309	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	14,722	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	15,152	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	15,600	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	16,064	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	16,563	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	17,072	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	17,575	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	18,094	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	18,621	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,157	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,698	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	20,242	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	20,788	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	21,336	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	21,889	28,237

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