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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	Afghanistan	Palestinian Territories	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,996	387
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,075	390
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,155	393
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,235	396
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,315	398
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,396	401
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	3,478	404
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	3,559	405
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	3,642	406
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	3,727	409
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	3,817	412
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	3,907	414
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	3,997	416
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	4,088	420
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	4,178	426
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	4,269	435
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	4,359	445
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	4,451	455
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	4,533	468
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	4,615	485
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	4,715	504
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	4,820	516
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	4,930	518
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	5,042	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

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Palestinian Territories, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.