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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	Cameroon	Albania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	3,085	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	3,065	390
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	3,047	393
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	3,038	396
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	3,026	398
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	3,014	401
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	2,998	404
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	2,979	405
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	2,957	406
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	2,934	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	2,915	412
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	2,900	414
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	2,892	416
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	2,888	420
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	2,882	426
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	2,876	435
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	2,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	2,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	2,861	468
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	2,854	485
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	2,842	504
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	2,825	516
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	2,799	518
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	2,787	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 Cameroon, Albania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.