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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	387	51,181	138
Dec 31, 2000	390	52,782	141
Dec 31, 2001	393	54,453	144
Dec 31, 2002	396	56,170	147
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,860	151
Dec 31, 2004	401	59,599	154
Dec 31, 2005	404	61,474	158
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,479	161
Dec 31, 2007	406	65,590	165
Dec 31, 2008	409	67,800	168
Dec 31, 2009	412	70,114	172
Dec 31, 2010	414	72,550	176
Dec 31, 2011	416	75,138	180
Dec 31, 2012	420	77,792	183
Dec 31, 2013	426	80,534	187
Dec 31, 2014	435	83,368	190
Dec 31, 2015	445	86,229	194
Dec 31, 2016	455	89,193	198
Dec 31, 2017	468	92,209	201
Dec 31, 2018	485	95,232	204
Dec 31, 2019	504	98,320	208
Dec 31, 2020	516	101,499	212
Dec 31, 2021	518	104,767	216
Dec 31, 2022	530	108,171	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.