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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	Niger	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,424	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,785	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,170	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,580	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,015	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	12,472	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	12,954	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,459	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,986	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,532	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	15,092	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	15,669	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	16,263	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	16,903	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,569	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	18,242	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	18,957	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	19,708	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	20,462	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	21,228	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	22,023	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	22,842	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	23,691	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	24,587	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 Niger, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.