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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	Nepal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	23,087	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	23,487	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	23,887	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	24,273	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	24,645	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	24,989	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	25,255	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	25,484	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	25,732	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	25,998	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	26,298	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	26,664	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	27,081	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	27,505	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	27,917	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	28,311	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	28,678	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	29,034	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	29,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	29,718	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	30,057	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	30,595	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	31,311	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	31,845	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, Nepal, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.