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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	Estonia	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	387	1,378	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	390	1,400	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	393	1,391	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	396	1,382	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	398	1,374	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	401	1,365	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,357	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,349	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,341	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,337	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,334	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,332	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,328	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	420	1,324	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	426	1,319	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	435	1,314	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	445	1,312	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	1,314	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	468	1,314	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	485	1,318	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	504	1,323	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	516	1,327	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	518	1,329	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	530	1,330	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, Estonia, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.