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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	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	11,075	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	11,405	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	11,828	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	12,380	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	12,829	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	13,178	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	13,540	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	13,917	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	14,309	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	14,722	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	15,152	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	15,600	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	16,064	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	16,563	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	17,072	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	17,575	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	18,094	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	18,621	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	19,157	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	19,698	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	20,242	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	20,788	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	21,336	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	21,889	146,693

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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