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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	Sudan	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	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, Sudan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.