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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	30,279

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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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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.