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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	Israel	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,927	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	390	6,088	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	393	6,236	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	396	6,366	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	398	6,484	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	401	6,603	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	404	6,723	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,846	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,972	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	409	7,100	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	412	7,226	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	414	7,360	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	416	7,498	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	420	7,637	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	426	7,781	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	435	7,931	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	445	8,091	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	455	8,251	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	468	8,412	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	485	8,576	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	504	8,742	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	516	8,899	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	518	9,047	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	530	9,188	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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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