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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	Puerto Rico	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	3,800	387
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	3,811	390
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	3,819	393
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	3,824	396
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	3,826	398
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	3,827	401
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	3,822	404
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	3,805	405
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	3,783	406
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	3,761	409
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	3,741	412
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	3,722	414
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	3,679	416
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	3,636	420
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	3,589	426
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	3,534	435
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	3,473	445
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	3,411	455
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	3,352	468
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	3,295	485
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	3,268	504
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	3,247	516
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	3,232	518
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	3,228	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, Puerto Rico, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.