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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	Mongolia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,433	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,461	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,489	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,519	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,547	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,574	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,602	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,633	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,666	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,702	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,741	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,783	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,827	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	2,870	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	2,912	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	2,953	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	2,993	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,031	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,068	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,103	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,171	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	3,231	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	3,284	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	3,333	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, Mongolia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.