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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	Mauritania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,437	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,501	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,566	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,632	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,699	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,768	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,838	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,909	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,981	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	3,055	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	3,129	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	3,205	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	3,282	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	3,359	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	3,438	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	3,517	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	3,597	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,677	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,759	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,840	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,942	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	4,045	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	4,150	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	4,259	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, Mauritania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.