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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	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	2,676

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

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

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