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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Portugal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	10,144	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	10,215	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	10,288	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	10,344	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	10,383	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	10,408	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	10,427	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	10,446	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	10,467	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	10,482	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	10,492	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	10,497	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	10,481	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	10,439	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	10,382	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	10,326	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	10,283	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	10,251	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	10,226	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	10,209	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	10,212	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	10,223	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	10,214	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	10,200	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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