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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	Portugal	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	10,144	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	10,215	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	10,288	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	10,344	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	10,383	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	10,408	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	10,427	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	10,446	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	10,467	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	10,482	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	10,492	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	10,497	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	10,481	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	10,439	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	10,382	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	10,326	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	10,283	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	10,251	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	10,226	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	10,209	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	10,212	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	10,223	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	10,214	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	10,200	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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