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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	Denmark	São Tomé & Príncipe	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	138	387
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	141	390
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	144	393
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	147	396
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	151	398
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	154	401
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	158	404
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	161	405
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	165	406
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	168	409
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	172	412
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	176	414
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	180	416
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	183	420
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	187	426
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	190	435
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	194	445
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	198	455
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	201	468
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	204	485
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	208	504
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	212	516
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	216	518
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	220	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 Denmark, São Tomé & Príncipe, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.