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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	387	1,378	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	390	1,400	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	393	1,391	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	396	1,382	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	398	1,374	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	401	1,365	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,357	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,349	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,341	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,337	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,334	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,332	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,328	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	420	1,324	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	426	1,319	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	435	1,314	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	445	1,312	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	455	1,314	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	468	1,314	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	1,318	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	504	1,323	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	516	1,327	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	518	1,329	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	530	1,330	31,845

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