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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	117,924

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, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.