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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,322	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,339	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,358	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,377	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,391	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,404	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,420	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,438	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	406	5,461	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	409	5,494	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	412	5,524	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	414	5,548	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	416	5,571	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,592	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,614	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,644	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,683	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,730	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,766	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,795	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,818	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	516	5,831	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	518	5,855	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	530	5,907	3,333

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