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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,889	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,980	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,054	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,128	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,215	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,289	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	404	4,363	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	405	4,449	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	406	4,544	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,641	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,742	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,845	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,950	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,057	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,167	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,278	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,392	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,507	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,625	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,745	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,874	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	516	6,025	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	518	6,154	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	530	6,291	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Malta, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.