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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	Yemen	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	2,787

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, Yemen, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.