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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,348	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,403	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,457	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,510	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,562	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,613	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,663	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,713	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,764	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,816	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,871	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,928	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,986	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	3,047	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	3,110	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	3,174	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	3,240	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	3,307	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	3,375	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	3,444	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	3,512	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	3,582	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	3,651	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	3,696	16,514

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

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