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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	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	5,185

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, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.