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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	Oman	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	2,348	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	2,403	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	2,457	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	2,510	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	2,562	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	2,613	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	2,663	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	2,713	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	2,764	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	2,816	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	2,871	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	2,928	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	2,986	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	3,047	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	3,110	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	3,174	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	3,240	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	3,307	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	3,375	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	3,444	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	3,512	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	3,582	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	3,651	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	3,696	31,058

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

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