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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	Benin	Oman	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	2,348	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	2,403	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	2,457	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	2,510	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	2,562	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	2,613	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,663	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,713	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,764	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,816	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,871	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,928	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,986	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	3,047	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	3,110	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	3,174	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	3,240	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	3,307	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	3,375	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	3,444	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	3,512	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	3,582	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	3,651	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	3,696	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

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