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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	Malta	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	387	433
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	390	438
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	393	443
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	396	448
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	398	454
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	401	460
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	404	467
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	405	474
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	406	482
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	409	491
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	412	500
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	414	509
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	416	521
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	420	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	426	547
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	435	560
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	445	571
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	455	586
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	468	599
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	485	610
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	504	623
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	516	633
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	518	643
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	530	651

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

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