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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	Sierra Leone	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,736	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,809	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,043	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,287	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,466	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,602	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	404	4,708	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	405	4,818	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	406	4,918	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	409	5,023	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	412	5,132	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	414	5,246	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	416	5,364	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,486	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,613	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,744	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,879	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	455	6,019	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	468	6,163	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	485	6,312	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	504	6,461	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	516	6,611	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	518	6,761	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	530	6,910	3,228

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, Sierra Leone, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.