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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	2,348	387
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	2,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	2,457	393
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	2,510	396
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	2,562	398
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	2,613	401
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,663	404
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,713	405
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,764	406
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,816	409
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,871	412
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,928	414
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,986	416
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	3,047	420
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	3,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	3,174	435
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	3,240	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	3,307	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	3,375	468
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	3,444	485
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	3,512	504
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	3,582	516
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	3,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	3,696	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 Benin, Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.