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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	Malaysia	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	22,132	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	22,695	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	23,291	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	23,874	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	24,437	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	24,993	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	25,543	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	26,086	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	26,620	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	27,161	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	27,715	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	28,268	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	28,750	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	29,163	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	29,568	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	29,977	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	30,387	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	30,782	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	31,164	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	31,539	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	31,903	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	32,257	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	32,603	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	32,956	10,099

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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.