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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	El Salvador
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	5,767
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	5,825
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	5,856
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	5,869
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	5,880
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	5,888
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	5,899
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	5,906
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	5,911
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	5,934
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	5,954
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	5,967
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	5,984
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	6,033
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	6,121
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	6,179
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	6,205
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	6,248
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	6,304
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	6,368
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	6,372
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	6,385
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	6,407
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	6,429

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.

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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, El Salvador; the database as a whole is cited above.