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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	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	3,570	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, Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.