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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	Oman	Laos	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,348	5,286	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,403	5,397	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,457	5,499	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,510	5,578	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,562	5,654	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,613	5,746	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,663	5,836	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,713	5,931	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,764	6,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,816	6,145	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,871	6,257	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,928	6,368	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,986	6,477	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	3,047	6,586	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	3,110	6,695	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	3,174	6,804	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	3,240	6,912	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,307	7,019	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,375	7,127	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,444	7,234	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,512	7,343	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	3,582	7,452	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	3,651	7,560	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	3,696	7,666	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.

All data sources

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