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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	Malta	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	387	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	390	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	393	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	396	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	398	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	401	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	404	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	405	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	406	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	409	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	412	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	414	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	416	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	420	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	426	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	435	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	445	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	455	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	468	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	485	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	504	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	516	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	518	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	530	10,099

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, Malta, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.