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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	Puerto Rico	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,348	3,800	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,403	3,811	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,457	3,819	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,510	3,824	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,562	3,826	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,613	3,827	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,663	3,822	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,713	3,805	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,764	3,783	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,816	3,761	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,871	3,741	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,928	3,722	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,986	3,679	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	3,047	3,636	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	3,110	3,589	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	3,174	3,534	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	3,240	3,473	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,307	3,411	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,375	3,352	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,444	3,295	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,512	3,268	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	3,582	3,247	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	3,651	3,232	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	3,696	3,228	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, Puerto Rico, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.