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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,366	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,473	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,579	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,683	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,786	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,886	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,984	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,080	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,173	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,264	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,352	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,438	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,522	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,605	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,688	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,769	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,850	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	455	6,930	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,012	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,095	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,179	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,263	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,348	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,432	5,657

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, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.