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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	Malta	Albania	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	2,403

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 Malta, Albania, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.