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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	Mali	Lebanon	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	3,460	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	3,499	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	3,554	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	3,610	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	3,665	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	3,721	401
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	3,777	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	3,853	405
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	3,954	406
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	4,036	409
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	4,082	412
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	4,097	414
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	4,115	416
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	4,206	420
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	4,696	426
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	5,365	435
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	5,640	445
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	5,688	455
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	5,680	468
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	5,562	485
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	5,331	504
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	4,986	516
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	4,802	518
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	4,713	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

Lebanon

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