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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	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	26,168	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	26,771	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	27,387	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	28,017	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	28,662	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	29,321	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	29,996	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	30,686	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	31,393	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	32,137	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	33,078	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	33,891	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	34,568	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	35,293	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	36,093	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	37,058	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	38,165	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	39,294	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	40,512	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	41,764	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	42,952	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	44,121	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	45,290	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	46,498	108,171

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, Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.