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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	Benin	Portugal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	10,144	387
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	10,215	390
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	10,288	393
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	10,344	396
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	10,383	398
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	10,408	401
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	10,427	404
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	10,446	405
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	10,467	406
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	10,482	409
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	10,492	412
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	10,497	414
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	10,481	416
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	10,439	420
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	10,382	426
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	10,326	435
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	10,283	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	10,251	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	10,226	468
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	10,209	485
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	10,212	504
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	10,223	516
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	10,214	518
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	10,200	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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