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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	Iceland	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	277	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	281	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	285	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	288	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	289	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	293	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	296	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	304	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	311	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	319	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	319	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	318	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	319	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	321	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	324	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	327	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	331	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	335	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	343	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	353	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	361	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	366	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	372	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	380	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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