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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 - Brazzaville	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	2,886	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	2,999	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	3,113	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	3,181	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	3,274	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	3,400	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	3,543	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	3,702	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	3,859	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	3,989	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	4,146	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	4,324	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	4,468	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	4,581	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	4,667	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	4,757	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	4,851	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	4,951	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	5,055	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	5,164	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	5,279	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	5,400	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	5,527	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	5,655	21,889	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 Congo - Brazzaville, Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.