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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	Nepal	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	387	23,087	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	390	23,487	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	393	23,887	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	396	24,273	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	398	24,645	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	401	24,989	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	404	25,255	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	405	25,484	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	406	25,732	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	409	25,998	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	412	26,298	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	414	26,664	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	416	27,081	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	420	27,505	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	426	27,917	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	435	28,311	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	445	28,678	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	29,034	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	468	29,384	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	485	29,718	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	504	30,057	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	516	30,595	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	518	31,311	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,845	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, Nepal, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.