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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	Chile	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	15,140	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	15,340	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	15,513	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	15,686	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	15,859	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	16,029	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	16,222	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	16,364	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	16,536	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	16,700	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	16,864	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	16,999	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	17,189	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	17,378	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,545	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,720	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	17,904	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,099	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	18,350	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	18,681	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	19,035	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	19,385	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	19,604	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	19,715	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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