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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	Puerto Rico	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,800	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,811	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,819	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,824	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,826	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,827	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,822	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,805	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,783	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,761	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,741	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,722	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,679	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,636	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,589	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,534	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,473	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,411	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,352	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,295	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,268	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,247	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,232	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,228	7,169

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, Puerto Rico, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.