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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	6,587	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	6,646	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	6,695	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	6,725	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	6,712	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	6,765	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	6,794	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	6,838	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	6,897	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	6,938	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	6,953	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	7,004	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	7,052	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	7,130	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	7,159	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	7,209	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	7,271	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	7,316	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	7,372	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	7,432	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	7,487	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	7,460	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	7,392	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	7,387	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, Hong Kong SAR China, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.