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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	Ethiopia	Estonia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	1,378	387
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	1,400	390
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	1,391	393
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	1,382	396
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	1,374	398
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	1,365	401
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	1,357	404
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	1,349	405
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	1,341	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	1,337	409
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	1,334	412
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	1,332	414
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	1,328	416
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	1,324	420
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	1,319	426
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	1,314	435
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	1,312	445
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	1,314	455
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	1,314	468
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	1,318	485
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	1,323	504
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	1,327	516
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	1,329	518
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	1,330	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 Ethiopia, Estonia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.