Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	21,889	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.