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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	Malta	Chile	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	387	15,140	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	390	15,340	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	393	15,513	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	396	15,686	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	398	15,859	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	401	16,029	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	404	16,222	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	405	16,364	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	406	16,536	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	409	16,700	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	412	16,864	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	414	16,999	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	416	17,189	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	420	17,378	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,545	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,720	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	445	17,904	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,099	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	468	18,350	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	485	18,681	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,035	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,385	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,604	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,715	5,042

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

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