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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	70	51,181	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	71	52,782	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	71	54,453	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	72	56,170	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,860	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	72	59,599	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	72	61,474	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	72	63,479	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	72	65,590	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	73	67,800	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	73	70,114	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	73	72,550	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	73	75,138	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	73	77,792	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,534	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	73	83,368	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	74	86,229	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	74	89,193	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	74	92,209	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	74	95,232	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	75	98,320	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	75	101,499	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	76	104,767	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	76	108,171	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

No separate list is published for Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.