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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Malta	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	387	433
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	390	438
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	393	443
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	396	448
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	398	454
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	401	460
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	404	467
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	405	474
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	406	482
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	409	491
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	412	500
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	414	509
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	416	521
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	420	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	426	547
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	435	560
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	445	571
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	455	586
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	468	599
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	485	610
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	504	623
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	516	633
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	518	643
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	530	651

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Malta, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.