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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	Malta	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	6,720

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.

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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