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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	Cape Verde	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	387	422	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	390	430	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	393	438	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	396	447	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	398	455	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	401	463	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	404	471	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	405	478	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	406	486	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	409	494	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	412	501	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	414	509	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	416	516	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	420	524	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	426	531	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	435	539	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	445	546	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	455	553	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	468	562	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	485	568	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	504	574	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	516	580	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	518	585	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	530	590	7,432

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, Cape Verde, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.