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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	Oman	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	2,348	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	2,403	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	2,457	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	2,510	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	2,562	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	2,613	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	2,663	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	2,713	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	2,764	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	2,816	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	2,871	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	2,928	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	2,986	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	3,047	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	3,110	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	3,174	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	3,240	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	3,307	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	3,375	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	3,444	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	3,512	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	3,582	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	3,651	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	3,696	1,330

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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.