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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	627
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	659
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	691
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	724
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	757
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	850
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	2,559

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