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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa	India
Dec 31, 1999	387	51,181	1,000,965
Dec 31, 2000	390	52,782	1,018,667
Dec 31, 2001	393	54,453	1,036,256
Dec 31, 2002	396	56,170	1,053,663
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,860	1,070,882
Dec 31, 2004	401	59,599	1,087,941
Dec 31, 2005	404	61,474	1,104,803
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,479	1,121,354
Dec 31, 2007	406	65,590	1,137,576
Dec 31, 2008	409	67,800	1,153,547
Dec 31, 2009	412	70,114	1,169,239
Dec 31, 2010	414	72,550	1,184,638
Dec 31, 2011	416	75,138	1,199,810
Dec 31, 2012	420	77,792	1,214,839
Dec 31, 2013	426	80,534	1,229,765
Dec 31, 2014	435	83,368	1,244,577
Dec 31, 2015	445	86,229	1,259,236
Dec 31, 2016	455	89,193	1,273,693
Dec 31, 2017	468	92,209	1,287,902
Dec 31, 2018	485	95,232	1,301,821
Dec 31, 2019	504	98,320	1,315,530
Dec 31, 2020	516	101,499	1,329,062
Dec 31, 2021	518	104,767	1,339,912
Dec 31, 2022	530	108,171	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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.