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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	Oman	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	387	51,181	2,348	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	390	52,782	2,403	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	393	54,453	2,457	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	396	56,170	2,510	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,860	2,562	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	401	59,599	2,613	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	404	61,474	2,663	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,479	2,713	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	406	65,590	2,764	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	409	67,800	2,816	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	412	70,114	2,871	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	414	72,550	2,928	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	416	75,138	2,986	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	420	77,792	3,047	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	426	80,534	3,110	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	435	83,368	3,174	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	445	86,229	3,240	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	89,193	3,307	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	468	92,209	3,375	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	485	95,232	3,444	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	504	98,320	3,512	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	516	101,499	3,582	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	518	104,767	3,651	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	530	108,171	3,696	2,787

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