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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	Oman	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	2,348	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	2,403	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	2,457	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	2,510	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	2,562	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	2,613	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	2,663	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	2,713	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	2,764	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	2,816	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	2,871	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	2,928	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	2,986	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	3,047	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	3,110	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	3,174	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	3,240	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	3,307	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	3,375	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	3,444	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	3,512	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	3,582	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	3,651	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	3,696	3,570

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