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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	4,259

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