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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	Central African Republic	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,889	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,980	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,054	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,128	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,215	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,289	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	404	4,363	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	405	4,449	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	406	4,544	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,641	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,742	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,845	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,950	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,057	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,167	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,278	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,392	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,507	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,625	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,745	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,874	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	516	6,025	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	518	6,154	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	530	6,291	29,417

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, Central African Republic, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.