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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	Malta	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	21,889	6,291

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 Malta, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.