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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	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,348	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,403	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,457	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,510	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,562	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,613	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,663	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,713	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,764	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,816	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,871	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,928	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,986	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	3,047	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	3,110	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	3,174	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	3,240	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	3,307	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	3,375	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	3,444	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	3,512	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	3,582	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	3,651	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	3,696	146,693

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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