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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	Yemen	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	16,728	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	17,236	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	17,762	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	18,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	18,855	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	19,410	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	20,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	20,611	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	21,236	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	21,878	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	22,533	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	23,195	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	23,880	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	24,594	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	25,311	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	26,020	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	26,698	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	27,347	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	27,985	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	28,608	485
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	29,216	504
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	29,811	516
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	30,399	518
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	31,058	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, Yemen, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.