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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	Oman	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,348	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,403	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,457	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,510	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,562	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,613	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,663	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,713	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,764	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,816	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,871	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,928	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,986	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	3,047	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	3,110	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	3,174	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	3,240	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	3,307	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	3,375	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	3,444	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	3,512	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	3,582	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	3,651	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	3,696	19,715

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.

All data sources

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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