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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,366	152
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,473	153
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,579	154
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,683	155
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,786	156
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,886	157
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,984	157
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,080	158
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,173	159
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,264	160
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,352	160
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,438	161
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,522	162
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,605	162
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,688	163
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,769	163
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,850	164
Dec 31, 2016	455	6,930	164
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,012	165
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,095	166
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,179	166
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,263	167
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,348	167
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,432	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.