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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania	Dominica	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,085	70	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,065	71	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,047	71	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,038	72	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,026	72	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,014	72	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,998	72	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,979	72	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,957	72	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,934	73	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,915	73	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,900	73	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,892	73	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,888	73	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,882	73	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,876	73	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,868	74	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,863	74	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,861	74	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,854	74	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,842	75	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,825	75	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,799	76	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,787	76	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Albania, Dominica, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.