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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	Sudan	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	13,439

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