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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	Dominica	Burkina Faso	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	70	11,075	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	71	11,405	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	71	11,828	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	72	12,380	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	72	12,829	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	72	13,178	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	72	13,540	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	72	13,917	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	72	14,309	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	73	14,722	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	73	15,152	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	73	15,600	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	73	16,064	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	73	16,563	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	73	17,072	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	73	17,575	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	74	18,094	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	74	18,621	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,157	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,698	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	75	20,242	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	75	20,788	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	76	21,336	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	76	21,889	3,570	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 Dominica, Burkina Faso, Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.