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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	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	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 Palestinian Territories, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.