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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	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	32,956

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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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