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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	Yemen	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	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 Yemen, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.