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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Malta	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	10,849

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.

Jordan

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.