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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	Dominica	Malta	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	70	387	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	71	390	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	71	393	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	72	396	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	72	398	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	72	401	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	72	404	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	72	405	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	72	406	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	73	409	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	73	412	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	73	414	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	73	416	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	73	420	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	73	426	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	73	435	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	74	445	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	74	455	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	74	468	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	74	485	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	75	504	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	75	516	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	76	518	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	76	530	2,787	108,171

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.

All data sources

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 Dominica, Malta, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.