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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	Yemen	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	36,924	16,728	387
Dec 31, 2000	37,336	17,236	390
Dec 31, 2001	37,714	17,762	393
Dec 31, 2002	38,079	18,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	38,438	18,855	398
Dec 31, 2004	38,800	19,410	401
Dec 31, 2005	39,171	20,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	39,556	20,611	405
Dec 31, 2007	39,947	21,236	406
Dec 31, 2008	40,343	21,878	409
Dec 31, 2009	40,736	22,533	412
Dec 31, 2010	41,401	23,195	414
Dec 31, 2011	41,881	23,880	416
Dec 31, 2012	42,360	24,594	420
Dec 31, 2013	42,836	25,311	426
Dec 31, 2014	43,310	26,020	435
Dec 31, 2015	43,779	26,698	445
Dec 31, 2016	44,245	27,347	455
Dec 31, 2017	44,706	27,985	468
Dec 31, 2018	45,162	28,608	485
Dec 31, 2019	45,613	29,216	504
Dec 31, 2020	46,058	29,811	516
Dec 31, 2021	46,496	30,399	518
Dec 31, 2022	46,736	31,058	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1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE.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 Yemen, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.