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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	11,075	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	11,405	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	11,828	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	12,380	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	12,829	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	13,178	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	13,540	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	13,917	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	14,309	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	14,722	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	15,152	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	15,600	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	16,064	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	16,563	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	17,072	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	17,575	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	18,094	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	18,621	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,157	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,698	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	20,242	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	20,788	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	21,336	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	21,889	63,382

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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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