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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Burkina Faso	India
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	1,000,965
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	1,018,667
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	1,036,256
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	1,053,663
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	1,070,882
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	1,087,941
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	1,104,803
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	1,121,354
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	1,137,576
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	1,153,547
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	1,169,239
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	1,184,638
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	1,199,810
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	1,214,839
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	1,229,765
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	1,244,577
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	1,259,236
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	1,273,693
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	1,287,902
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	1,301,821
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	1,315,530
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	1,329,062
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	1,339,912
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	1,349,060

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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

No separate list is published for Malta, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.