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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	387	422	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	390	430	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	393	438	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	396	447	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	398	455	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	401	463	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	404	471	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	405	478	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	406	486	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	409	494	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	412	501	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	414	509	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	416	516	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	420	524	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	426	531	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	435	539	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	445	546	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	455	553	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	468	562	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	485	568	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	504	574	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	516	580	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	518	585	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	530	590	46,498

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