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

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.