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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	Paraguay	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	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 Paraguay, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.