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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	Madagascar	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	15,259	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	15,707	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	16,162	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	16,631	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	17,114	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	17,610	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	18,120	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	18,641	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	19,173	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	19,717	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	20,272	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	20,837	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	21,413	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	21,999	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	22,593	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	23,196	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	23,806	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	24,423	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	25,044	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	25,671	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	26,302	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	26,936	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	27,573	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	28,237	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, Madagascar, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.