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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	Norway	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	4,463	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	4,492	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,515	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,539	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,566	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,593	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,624	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,662	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,710	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,769	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,830	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,890	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,954	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,020	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,081	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,138	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,191	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,237	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,278	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,313	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,349	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,380	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,409	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,458	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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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