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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	Venezuela	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	21,889	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.

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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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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