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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	Chile	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	15,140	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	15,340	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	15,513	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	15,686	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	15,859	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	16,029	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	16,222	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	16,364	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	16,536	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	16,700	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	16,864	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	16,999	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	17,189	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	17,378	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	17,545	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	17,720	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	17,904	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	18,099	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	18,350	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	18,681	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	19,035	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	19,385	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	19,604	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	19,715	21,889

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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