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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	Romania	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	22,414	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	22,262	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	22,106	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	21,931	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	21,828	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	21,704	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	21,571	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	21,443	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	21,129	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	20,779	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	20,607	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	20,485	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	20,385	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	20,296	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	20,224	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	20,151	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	20,055	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	19,938	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	19,823	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	19,713	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	19,622	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	19,496	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	19,351	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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