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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	Madagascar	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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 Madagascar, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.