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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	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	20,985

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.

Syria

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.