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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	387	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	390	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	393	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	396	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	401	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	404	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	406	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	409	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	412	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	414	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	416	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	420	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	426	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	435	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	445	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	455	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	468	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	485	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	504	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	516	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	518	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	530	108,171	7,432

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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.