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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	Burkina Faso	Cape Verde	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	422	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	430	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	438	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	447	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	455	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	463	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	471	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	478	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	486	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	494	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	501	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	509	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	516	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	524	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	531	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	539	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	546	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	553	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	562	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	568	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	574	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	580	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	585	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	590	530

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.

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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 Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.