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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	Burkina Faso	Albania	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	3,085	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,065	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	3,047	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	3,038	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	3,026	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	3,014	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,998	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,979	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,957	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,934	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,915	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,900	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,892	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	2,888	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	2,882	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	2,876	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	2,868	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	2,863	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	2,861	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	2,854	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	2,842	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	2,825	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	2,799	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	2,787	295	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

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