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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	Denmark	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,322	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,339	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,358	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,377	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,391	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,404	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,420	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,438	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	406	5,461	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	409	5,494	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	412	5,524	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	414	5,548	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	416	5,571	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,592	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,614	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,644	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,683	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,730	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,766	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,795	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,818	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	516	5,831	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	518	5,855	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	530	5,907	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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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, Denmark, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.