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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	Palestinian Territories	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,996	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,075	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,155	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,235	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,315	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,396	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,478	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,559	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,642	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,727	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,817	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,907	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,997	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	420	4,088	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	426	4,178	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	435	4,269	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	445	4,359	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	455	4,451	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	468	4,533	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	485	4,615	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	504	4,715	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	516	4,820	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	518	4,930	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	530	5,042	7,432

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, Palestinian Territories, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.