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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	Iceland	Liberia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,741	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,847	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,917	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,978	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,983	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,005	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,138	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,311	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,469	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,603	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,708	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,817	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,984	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,141	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,244	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,348	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,460	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,576	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,689	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,810	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,904	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,005	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,109	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,216	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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