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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	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,366	422
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,473	430
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,579	438
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,683	447
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,786	455
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,886	463
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,984	471
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,080	478
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,173	486
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,264	494
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,352	501
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,438	509
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,522	516
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,605	524
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,688	531
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,769	539
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,850	546
Dec 31, 2016	455	6,930	553
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,012	562
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,095	568
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,179	574
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,263	580
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,348	585
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,432	590

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.