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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,366	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,473	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,579	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,683	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,786	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,886	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,984	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,080	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,173	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,264	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,352	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,438	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,522	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,605	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,688	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,769	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,850	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	455	6,930	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,012	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,095	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,179	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,263	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,348	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,432	5,458

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Malta, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.