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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	Moldova	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	387	4,244	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	390	4,199	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,154	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,108	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,059	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,013	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,966	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,919	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,873	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,829	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,788	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,748	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,709	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,671	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,633	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,595	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,558	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,522	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,485	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,448	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,412	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,376	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,339	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,570	1,883

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, Moldova, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.