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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	2,348	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	2,403	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	2,457	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	2,510	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	2,562	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	2,613	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	2,663	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	2,713	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	2,764	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	2,816	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	2,871	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	2,928	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	2,986	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	3,047	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	3,110	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	3,174	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	3,240	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	3,307	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	3,375	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	3,444	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	3,512	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	3,582	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	3,651	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	3,696	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.

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.