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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	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	387	4,244	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	390	4,199	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,154	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,108	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,059	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,013	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,966	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,919	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,873	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,829	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,788	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,748	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,709	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,671	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,633	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,595	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,558	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,522	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,485	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,448	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,412	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,376	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,339	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,570	5,750

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

No separate list is published for Malta, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.