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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	Paraguay	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	5,366	387
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	5,473	390
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	5,579	393
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	5,683	396
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	5,786	398
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	5,886	401
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	5,984	404
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	6,080	405
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	6,173	406
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	6,264	409
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	6,352	412
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	6,438	414
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	6,522	416
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	6,605	420
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	6,688	426
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	6,769	435
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	6,850	445
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	6,930	455
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	7,012	468
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	7,095	485
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	7,179	504
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	7,263	516
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	7,348	518
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	7,432	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 Sudan, Paraguay, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.