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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	Cameroon	Burkina Faso	Oman	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	11,075	2,348	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	11,405	2,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	11,828	2,457	393
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	12,380	2,510	396
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	12,829	2,562	398
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	13,178	2,613	401
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	13,540	2,663	404
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	13,917	2,713	405
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	14,309	2,764	406
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	14,722	2,816	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	15,152	2,871	412
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	15,600	2,928	414
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	16,064	2,986	416
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	16,563	3,047	420
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	17,072	3,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	17,575	3,174	435
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	18,094	3,240	445
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	18,621	3,307	455
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	19,157	3,375	468
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	19,698	3,444	485
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	20,242	3,512	504
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	20,788	3,582	516
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	21,336	3,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	21,889	3,696	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

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