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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	Laos	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	5,286	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	5,397	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	5,499	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	5,578	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	5,654	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	5,746	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	5,836	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	5,931	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	6,035	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	6,145	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	6,257	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	6,368	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	6,477	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	6,586	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	6,695	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	6,804	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	6,912	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	7,019	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	7,127	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	7,234	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	7,343	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	7,452	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	7,560	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	7,666	21,889

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, Laos, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.