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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	Nepal	Denmark	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	5,322	387
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	5,339	390
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	5,358	393
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	5,377	396
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	5,391	398
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	5,404	401
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	5,420	404
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	5,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	5,461	406
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	5,494	409
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	5,524	412
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	5,548	414
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	5,571	416
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	5,592	420
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	5,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	5,644	435
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	5,683	445
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	5,730	455
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	5,766	468
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	5,795	485
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	5,818	504
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	5,831	516
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	5,855	518
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	5,907	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 Nepal, Denmark, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.