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