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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	Iran	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	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

Iran

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 Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.