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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	11,075	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	11,405	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	11,828	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	12,380	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	12,829	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	13,178	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	13,540	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	13,917	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	14,309	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	14,722	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	15,152	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	15,600	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	16,064	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	16,563	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	17,072	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	17,575	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	18,094	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	18,621	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,157	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,698	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	20,242	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	20,788	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	21,336	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	21,889	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.