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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Togo	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	4,852	387
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	4,992	390
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	5,135	393
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	5,278	396
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	5,425	398
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	5,578	401
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	5,715	404
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	5,865	405
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	6,042	406
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	6,220	409
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	6,405	412
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	6,587	414
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	6,772	416
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	6,961	420
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	7,154	426
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	7,351	435
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	7,552	445
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	7,757	455
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	7,965	468
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	8,176	485
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	8,376	504
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	8,579	516
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	8,784	518
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	8,991	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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

No separate list is published for Togo, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.