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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	Sudan	Oman	Albania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	2,348	3,085	387
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	2,403	3,065	390
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	2,457	3,047	393
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	2,510	3,038	396
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	2,562	3,026	398
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	2,613	3,014	401
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	2,663	2,998	404
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	2,713	2,979	405
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	2,764	2,957	406
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	2,816	2,934	409
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	2,871	2,915	412
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	2,928	2,900	414
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	2,986	2,892	416
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	3,047	2,888	420
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	3,110	2,882	426
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	3,174	2,876	435
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	3,240	2,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	3,307	2,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	3,375	2,861	468
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	3,444	2,854	485
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	3,512	2,842	504
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	3,582	2,825	516
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	3,651	2,799	518
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	3,696	2,787	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.

All data sources

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 Sudan, Oman, Albania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.