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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	Oman	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	5,907

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, Oman, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.