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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	Lithuania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	3,419	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,395	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	3,367	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	3,340	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	3,313	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	3,276	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	3,223	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	3,172	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	3,134	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	3,102	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	3,068	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	3,004	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,937	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	2,898	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	2,869	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	2,844	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	2,818	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	2,782	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	2,744	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	2,718	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	2,710	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	2,711	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	2,724	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	2,748	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, Lithuania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.