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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Albania	India
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	1,000,965
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	1,018,667
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	1,036,256
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	1,053,663
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	1,070,882
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	1,087,941
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	1,104,803
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	1,121,354
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	1,137,576
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	1,153,547
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	1,169,239
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	1,184,638
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	1,199,810
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	1,214,839
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	1,229,765
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	1,244,577
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	1,259,236
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	1,273,693
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	1,287,902
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	1,301,821
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	1,315,530
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	1,329,062
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	1,339,912
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	1,349,060

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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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