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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,889	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,980	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,054	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,128	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,215	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,289	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	404	4,363	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	405	4,449	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	406	4,544	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,641	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,742	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,845	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,950	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,057	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,167	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,278	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,392	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,507	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,625	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,745	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,874	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	516	6,025	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	518	6,154	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	530	6,291	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.