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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	Mali	Burkina Faso	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	11,075	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	11,405	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	11,828	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	12,380	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	12,829	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	13,178	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	13,540	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	13,917	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	14,309	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	14,722	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	15,152	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	15,600	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	16,064	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	16,563	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	17,072	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	17,575	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	18,094	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	18,621	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,157	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,698	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	20,242	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	20,788	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	21,336	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	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 Mali, Burkina Faso, Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.