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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Malta | Poland | Central African Republic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 387 | 38,358 | 3,889 | |
| 390 | 38,344 | 3,980 | |
| 393 | 38,339 | 4,054 | |
| 396 | 38,320 | 4,128 | |
| 398 | 38,283 | 4,215 | |
| 401 | 38,268 | 4,289 | |
| 404 | 38,249 | 4,363 | |
| 405 | 38,220 | 4,449 | |
| 406 | 38,204 | 4,544 | |
| 409 | 38,204 | 4,641 | |
| 412 | 38,572 | 4,742 | |
| 414 | 38,606 | 4,845 | |
| 416 | 38,615 | 4,950 | |
| 420 | 38,623 | 5,057 | |
| 426 | 38,591 | 5,167 | |
| 435 | 38,573 | 5,278 | |
| 445 | 38,544 | 5,392 | |
| 455 | 38,516 | 5,507 | |
| 468 | 38,511 | 5,625 | |
| 485 | 38,502 | 5,745 | |
| 504 | 38,475 | 5,874 | |
| 516 | 38,443 | 6,025 | |
| 518 | 38,250 | 6,154 | |
| 530 | 37,914 | 6,291 |
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.
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
Poland
- 1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
- 1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
- 1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
- 1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,
No separate list is published for Malta, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.