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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	13,087

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