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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	Comoros	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	387	531	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	390	545	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	393	559	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	396	574	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	398	590	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	401	606	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	404	623	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	405	640	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	406	657	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	409	674	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	412	690	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	414	706	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	416	722	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	420	737	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	426	752	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	435	767	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	445	781	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	795	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	468	808	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	485	821	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	504	837	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	516	853	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	518	869	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	530	885	2,787

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, Comoros, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.