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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	Israel	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	5,927	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	6,088	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	6,236	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	6,366	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	6,484	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	6,603	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	6,723	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	6,846	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	6,972	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	7,100	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	7,226	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	7,360	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	7,498	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	7,637	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	7,781	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	7,931	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	8,091	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	8,251	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	8,412	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	8,576	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	8,742	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	8,899	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	9,047	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	9,188	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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.