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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	Paraguay	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,366	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,473	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,579	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,683	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,786	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,886	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,984	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,080	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,173	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,264	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,352	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,438	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,522	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,605	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,688	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,769	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,850	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	455	6,930	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,012	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,095	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,179	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,263	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,348	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,432	39,252

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