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