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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	Chile	Lebanon	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	3,460	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	3,499	390
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	3,554	393
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	3,610	396
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	3,665	398
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	3,721	401
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	3,777	404
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	3,853	405
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	3,954	406
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	4,036	409
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	4,082	412
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	4,097	414
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	4,115	416
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	4,206	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	4,696	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	5,365	435
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	5,640	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	5,688	455
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	5,680	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	5,562	485
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	5,331	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	4,986	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	4,802	518
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	4,713	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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