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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	11,075	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	11,405	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	11,828	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	12,380	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	12,829	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	13,178	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	13,540	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	13,917	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	14,309	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	14,722	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	15,152	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	15,600	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	16,064	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	16,563	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	17,072	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	17,575	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	18,094	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	18,621	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	19,157	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	19,698	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	20,242	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	20,788	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	21,336	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	21,889	16,514

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, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.