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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date AfghanistanMalta
22,206387
22,461390
22,507393
23,600396
25,005398
25,698401
26,335404
27,154405
27,387406
27,706409
28,484412
29,121414
29,758416
30,420420
31,108426
31,823435
32,564445
33,332455
34,125468
34,941485
35,972504
37,034516
38,127518
39,252530

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 Afghanistan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.