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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	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	9,400

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, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.