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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	Portugal	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,144	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,215	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,344	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,383	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,408	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,427	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,446	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,467	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,482	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,492	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,497	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,481	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,439	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,382	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,326	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,283	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,251	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,226	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,209	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,212	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,223	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,214	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,200	21,889	530

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, Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.