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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	Cyprus	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	818	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	826	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	835	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	845	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	855	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	867	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	879	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	894	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	913	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	937	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	962	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	988	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	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 Cyprus, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.