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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	Mali	United Arab Emirates	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	3,101	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	3,284	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	3,458	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	3,613	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	3,754	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	3,882	401
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	4,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	4,532	405
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	5,623	406
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	7,277	409
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	8,164	412
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	8,152	414
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	8,438	416
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	8,747	420
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	9,077	426
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	9,321	435
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	9,461	445
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	9,587	455
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	9,699	468
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	9,796	485
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	9,879	504
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	9,953	516
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	10,018	518
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	10,099	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 Mali, United Arab Emirates, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.