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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	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,348	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,403	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,457	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,510	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,562	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,613	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,663	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,713	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,764	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,816	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,871	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,928	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,986	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	3,047	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	3,110	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	3,174	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	3,240	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	3,307	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	3,375	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	3,444	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	3,512	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	3,582	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	3,651	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	3,696	9,188

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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