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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	Paraguay	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,366	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,473	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,579	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,683	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,786	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,886	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,984	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,080	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,173	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,264	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,352	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,438	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,522	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,605	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,688	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,769	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,850	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	455	6,930	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,012	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,095	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,179	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,263	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,348	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,432	21,889

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.

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