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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	Oman	North Macedonia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	2,006	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	2,017	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	2,026	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	2,011	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	2,018	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	2,024	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	2,028	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	2,031	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	2,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	2,038	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	2,042	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	2,046	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	2,049	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	2,052	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	2,055	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	2,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	2,061	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	2,063	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	2,065	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	2,067	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	2,068	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	2,065	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	2,057	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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