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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	Namibia	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	1,841	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	1,893	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	1,945	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	1,981	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	2,008	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	2,034	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	2,060	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	2,086	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	2,113	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	2,141	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	2,170	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	2,201	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	2,232	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	2,268	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	2,312	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	2,360	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	2,408	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	2,456	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	2,505	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	2,554	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	2,602	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	2,651	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	2,700	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	2,739	108,171	530

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 Namibia, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.