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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	Dominican Republic
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	8,175
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	8,301
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	8,427
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	8,553
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	8,678
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	8,801
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	8,924
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	9,044
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	9,164
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	9,281
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	9,398
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	9,512
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	9,627
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	9,742
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	9,855
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	9,965
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	10,072
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	10,177
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	10,281
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	10,385
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	10,487
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	10,587
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	10,686
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	10,793

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, Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.