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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,889	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,980	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,054	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,128	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,215	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,289	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	404	4,363	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	405	4,449	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	406	4,544	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,641	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,742	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,845	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,950	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,057	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,167	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,278	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,392	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,507	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,625	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,745	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,874	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	516	6,025	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	518	6,154	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	530	6,291	18,494

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