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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,348	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,403	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,457	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,510	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,562	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,613	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,663	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,713	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,764	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,816	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,871	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,928	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,986	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	3,047	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	3,110	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	3,174	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	3,240	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	3,307	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	3,375	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	3,444	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	3,512	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	3,582	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	3,651	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	3,696	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.