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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	Liberia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,741	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,847	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,917	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,978	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,983	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	3,005	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	3,138	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	3,311	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	3,469	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	3,603	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	3,708	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	3,817	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	3,984	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	4,141	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	4,244	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	4,348	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	4,460	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	4,576	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	4,689	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	4,810	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	4,904	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	5,005	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	5,109	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	5,216	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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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