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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	387	51,181	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	390	52,782	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	393	54,453	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	396	56,170	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,860	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	401	59,599	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	404	61,474	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,479	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	406	65,590	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	409	67,800	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	412	70,114	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	414	72,550	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	416	75,138	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	420	77,792	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	426	80,534	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	435	83,368	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	445	86,229	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	455	89,193	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	468	92,209	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	485	95,232	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	504	98,320	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	516	101,499	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	518	104,767	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	530	108,171	2,403

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