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	Burkina Faso	Yemen	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	16,728	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	17,236	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	17,762	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	18,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	18,855	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	19,410	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	20,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	20,611	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	21,236	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	21,878	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	22,533	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	23,195	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	23,880	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	24,594	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	25,311	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	26,020	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	26,698	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	27,347	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	27,985	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	28,608	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	29,216	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	29,811	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	30,399	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	31,058	295

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