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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	Costa Rica	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,785	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,867	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,951	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,021	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,079	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,145	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,212	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,278	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,338	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,400	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,467	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,544	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,587	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,648	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,707	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	4,768	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	4,827	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	4,885	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	4,942	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	4,998	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,052	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,105	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,158	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,185	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Costa Rica, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.