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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	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	387	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	390	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	393	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	396	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	398	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	401	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	404	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	405	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	406	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	409	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	414	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	416	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	420	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	426	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	435	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	445	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	468	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	485	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	504	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	516	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	518	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	530	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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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, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.