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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	11,075	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	11,405	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	11,828	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	12,380	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	12,829	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	13,178	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	13,540	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	13,917	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	14,309	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	14,722	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	15,152	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	15,600	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	16,064	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	16,563	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	17,072	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	17,575	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	18,094	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	18,621	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	19,157	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	19,698	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	20,242	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	20,788	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	21,336	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	21,889	13,087

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