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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	18,494

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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.