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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	387	433	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	390	438	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	393	443	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	396	448	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	398	454	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	401	460	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	404	467	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	405	474	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	406	482	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	409	491	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	412	500	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	414	509	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	416	521	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	420	533	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	426	547	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	435	560	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	445	571	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	455	586	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	468	599	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	485	610	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	504	623	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	516	633	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	518	643	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	530	651	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.