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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	Yemen	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	16,728	387
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	17,236	390
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	17,762	393
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	18,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	18,855	398
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	19,410	401
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	20,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	20,611	405
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	21,236	406
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	21,878	409
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	22,533	412
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	23,195	414
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	23,880	416
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	24,594	420
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	25,311	426
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	26,020	435
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	26,698	445
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	27,347	455
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	27,985	468
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	28,608	485
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	29,216	504
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	29,811	516
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	30,399	518
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	31,058	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, Yemen, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.