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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	Russia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	147,218	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	146,600	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	145,980	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	145,310	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	144,652	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	144,071	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	143,522	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	143,053	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	142,809	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	142,746	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	142,789	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	142,853	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	142,964	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	143,205	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	143,510	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	146,094	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	146,410	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	146,678	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	146,846	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	146,834	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	146,768	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	146,463	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	145,849	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	146,693	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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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