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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Malta	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	19,715

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.

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.