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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	Latvia	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,386	387	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,363	390	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,333	393	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,306	396	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,284	398	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	2,259	401	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	2,235	404	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	2,215	405	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	2,197	406	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	2,174	409	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	2,138	412	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	2,093	414	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	2,055	416	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,030	420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,009	426	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,991	435	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,974	445	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,956	455	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,938	468	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,923	485	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,910	504	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	1,897	516	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	1,880	518	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	1,883	530	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.

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