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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	Laos	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,286	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,397	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,499	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,578	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,654	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,746	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,836	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,931	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,035	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,145	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,257	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,368	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,477	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,586	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,695	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,804	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,912	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	7,019	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,127	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,234	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,343	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,452	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,560	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,666	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

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