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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	Yemen	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	16,728	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	17,236	390
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	17,762	393
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	18,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	18,855	398
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	19,410	401
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	20,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	20,611	405
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	21,236	406
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	21,878	409
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	22,533	412
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	23,195	414
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	23,880	416
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	24,594	420
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	25,311	426
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	26,020	435
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	26,698	445
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	27,347	455
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	27,985	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	28,608	485
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	29,216	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	29,811	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	30,399	518
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	31,058	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

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