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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	Kenya	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	387	30,192	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	390	31,025	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	393	31,919	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	396	32,865	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	398	33,846	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	401	34,880	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	404	35,961	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	405	37,093	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	406	38,248	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	409	39,441	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	412	40,668	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	414	41,900	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	416	43,198	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	420	44,470	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	426	45,639	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	435	46,808	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	445	47,983	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	455	49,095	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	468	50,201	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	485	51,357	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	504	52,522	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	516	53,691	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	518	54,867	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	530	55,924	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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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