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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	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,366	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,473	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,579	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,683	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,786	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,886	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,984	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,080	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,173	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,264	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,352	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,438	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,522	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,605	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,688	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,769	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,850	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	455	6,930	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,012	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,095	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,179	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,263	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,348	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,432	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.