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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	Chile	Oman	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	2,348	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	2,403	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	2,457	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	2,510	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	2,562	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	2,613	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	2,663	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	2,713	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	2,764	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	2,816	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	2,871	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	2,928	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	2,986	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	3,047	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	3,110	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	3,174	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	3,240	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	3,307	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	3,375	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	3,444	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	3,512	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	3,582	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	3,651	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	3,696	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.

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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