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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	Luxembourg	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	387	433	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	390	438	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	393	443	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	396	448	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	398	454	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	401	460	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	404	467	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	405	474	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	406	482	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	409	491	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	412	500	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	414	509	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	416	521	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	420	533	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	426	547	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	435	560	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	445	571	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	455	586	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	468	599	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	485	610	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	504	623	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	516	633	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	518	643	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	530	651	6,291

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, Luxembourg, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.