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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	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	46,498	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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