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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	Tunisia	Burkina Faso	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	11,075	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	11,405	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	11,828	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	12,380	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	12,829	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	13,178	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	13,540	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	13,917	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	14,309	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	14,722	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	15,152	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	15,600	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	16,064	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	16,563	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	17,072	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	17,575	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	18,094	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	18,621	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	19,157	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	19,698	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	20,242	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	20,788	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	21,336	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	21,889	530	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 Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.