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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	Oman	Chile	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	15,140	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	15,340	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	15,513	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	15,686	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	15,859	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	16,029	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	16,222	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	16,364	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	16,536	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	16,700	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	16,864	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	16,999	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	17,189	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	17,378	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	17,545	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	17,720	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	17,904	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	18,099	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	18,350	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	18,681	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	19,035	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	19,385	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	19,604	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	19,715	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.

All data sources

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 Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.