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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	387	1,378	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	390	1,400	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	393	1,391	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	396	1,382	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	398	1,374	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	401	1,365	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,357	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,349	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,341	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,337	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,334	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,332	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,328	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	420	1,324	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	426	1,319	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	435	1,314	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	445	1,312	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	455	1,314	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	1,314	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	485	1,318	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	504	1,323	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	516	1,327	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	518	1,329	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	530	1,330	21,889	7,666

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