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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	Moldova	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	4,244	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	4,199	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	4,154	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	4,108	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	4,059	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	4,013	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	3,966	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	3,919	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	3,873	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	3,829	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	3,788	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	3,748	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	3,709	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	3,671	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	3,633	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	3,595	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	3,558	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	3,522	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	3,485	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	3,448	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	3,412	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	3,376	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	3,339	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	3,570	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, Moldova, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.