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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	2,059

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