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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	Qatar	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	2,787

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, Qatar, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.