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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	21,889	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.