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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	Malta	Burkina Faso	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	5,655

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.

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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 Malta, Burkina Faso, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.