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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	3,333

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