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	Puerto Rico	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,800	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,811	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,819	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,824	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,826	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,827	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,822	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,805	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,783	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,761	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,741	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,722	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,679	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,636	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,589	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,534	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,473	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,411	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,352	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,295	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,268	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,247	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,232	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,228	21,889	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, Puerto Rico, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.