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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	Oman	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	387	1,378	2,348	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	390	1,400	2,403	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	393	1,391	2,457	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	396	1,382	2,510	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	398	1,374	2,562	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	401	1,365	2,613	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,357	2,663	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,349	2,713	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,341	2,764	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,337	2,816	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,334	2,871	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,332	2,928	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,328	2,986	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	420	1,324	3,047	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	426	1,319	3,110	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	435	1,314	3,174	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	445	1,312	3,240	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	455	1,314	3,307	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	468	1,314	3,375	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	485	1,318	3,444	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	504	1,323	3,512	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	516	1,327	3,582	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	518	1,329	3,651	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	530	1,330	3,696	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.

All data sources

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