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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	Chad	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	7,559	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	7,821	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	8,092	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	8,395	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	8,763	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	9,191	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	9,594	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	9,967	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,338	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,728	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	11,139	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	11,550	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,983	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	12,427	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	12,895	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	13,379	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	13,823	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	14,277	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	14,765	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	15,252	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	15,750	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	16,257	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	16,776	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	17,307	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 Chad, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.