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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	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	5,322	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	5,339	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	5,358	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	5,377	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	5,391	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	5,404	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	5,420	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	5,438	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	5,461	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	5,494	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	5,524	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	5,548	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	5,571	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	5,592	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	5,614	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	5,644	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	5,683	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	5,730	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	5,766	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	5,795	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	5,818	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	5,831	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	5,855	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	5,907	108,171

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