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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	Central African Republic	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	11,075	3,889	387
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	11,405	3,980	390
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	11,828	4,054	393
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	12,380	4,128	396
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	12,829	4,215	398
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	13,178	4,289	401
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	13,540	4,363	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	13,917	4,449	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	14,309	4,544	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	14,722	4,641	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	15,152	4,742	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	15,600	4,845	414
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	16,064	4,950	416
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	16,563	5,057	420
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	17,072	5,167	426
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	17,575	5,278	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	18,094	5,392	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	18,621	5,507	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	19,157	5,625	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	19,698	5,745	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	20,242	5,874	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	20,788	6,025	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	21,336	6,154	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	21,889	6,291	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, Central African Republic, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.