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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	Estonia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	387	1,378	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	390	1,400	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	393	1,391	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	396	1,382	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	398	1,374	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	401	1,365	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,357	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,349	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,341	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,337	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,334	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,332	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,328	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	420	1,324	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	426	1,319	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	435	1,314	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	445	1,312	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	455	1,314	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	468	1,314	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	485	1,318	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	504	1,323	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	516	1,327	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	518	1,329	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	530	1,330	21,889

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, Estonia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.