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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	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.