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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	46,498

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