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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	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	3,790

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.

All data sources

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

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Malta, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.