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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	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	11,075	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	11,405	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	11,828	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	12,380	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	12,829	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	13,178	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	13,540	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	13,917	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	14,309	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	14,722	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	15,152	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	15,600	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	16,064	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	16,563	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	17,072	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	17,575	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	18,094	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	18,621	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	19,157	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	19,698	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	20,242	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	20,788	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	21,336	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	21,889	17,288

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

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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