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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	Malta	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	387	531
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	390	545
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	393	559
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	396	574
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	398	590
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	401	606
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	404	623
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	405	640
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	406	657
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	409	674
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	412	690
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	414	706
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	416	722
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	420	737
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	426	752
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	435	767
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	445	781
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	455	795
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	468	808
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	485	821
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	504	837
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	516	853
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	518	869
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	530	885

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, Malta, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.