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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	Argentina	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	36,924	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	37,336	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	37,714	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	38,079	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	38,438	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	38,800	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	39,171	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	39,556	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	39,947	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	40,343	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	40,736	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	41,401	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	41,881	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	42,360	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	42,836	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	43,310	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	43,779	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	44,245	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	44,706	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	45,162	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	45,613	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	46,058	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	46,496	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	46,736	3,570	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

Argentina

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1900: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P
1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE. and quinquennial averages published in El Desarrollo Económico de la Argentina, ECLA, Mexico, 1959, p. 15;
1913-1950: IEERAL, "Estadísticas de la evolución económica de Argentina, 1913-84", Estudios, Buenos Aires, July-September, 1986.

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