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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	Moldova	Burkina Faso	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	387	4,244	11,075	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	390	4,199	11,405	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,154	11,828	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,108	12,380	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,059	12,829	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,013	13,178	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,966	13,540	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,919	13,917	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,873	14,309	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,829	14,722	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,788	15,152	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,748	15,600	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,709	16,064	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,671	16,563	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,633	17,072	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,595	17,575	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,558	18,094	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,522	18,621	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,485	19,157	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,448	19,698	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,412	20,242	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,376	20,788	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,339	21,336	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,570	21,889	3,228

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, Moldova, Burkina Faso, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.