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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,348	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,403	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,457	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,510	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,562	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,613	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,663	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,713	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,764	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,816	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,871	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,928	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,986	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	3,047	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	3,110	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	3,174	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	3,240	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	3,307	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	3,375	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	3,444	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	3,512	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	3,582	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	3,651	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	3,696	19,512

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, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.