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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	Paraguay	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	5,366	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	5,473	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	5,579	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	5,683	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	5,786	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	5,886	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	5,984	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	6,080	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	6,173	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	6,264	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	6,352	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	6,438	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	6,522	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	6,605	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	6,688	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	6,769	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	6,850	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	6,930	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	7,012	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	7,095	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	7,179	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	7,263	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	7,348	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	7,432	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, Paraguay, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.