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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	Central African Republic	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	3,889	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	3,980	390
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	4,054	393
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	4,128	396
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	4,215	398
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	4,289	401
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	4,363	404
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	4,449	405
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	4,544	406
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	4,641	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	4,742	412
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	4,845	414
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	4,950	416
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	5,057	420
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	5,167	426
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	5,278	435
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	5,392	445
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	5,507	455
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	5,625	468
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	5,745	485
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	5,874	504
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	6,025	516
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	6,154	518
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	6,291	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, Central African Republic, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.