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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	Slovenia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,998	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,004	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,006	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,009	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,010	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,011	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,015	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,022	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,033	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,036	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,056	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,063	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,067	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,071	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,074	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,076	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,078	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,079	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,081	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,087	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,104	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,118	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,123	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,124	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.

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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.

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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