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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	Tunisia	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	11,075	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	11,405	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	11,828	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	12,380	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	12,829	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	13,178	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	13,540	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	13,917	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	14,309	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	14,722	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	15,152	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	15,600	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	16,064	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	16,563	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	17,072	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	17,575	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	18,094	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	18,621	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	19,157	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	19,698	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	20,242	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	20,788	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	21,336	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	21,889	108,171	530

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 Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.