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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	Denmark	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,322	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,339	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,358	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,377	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,391	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,404	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,420	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,438	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	406	5,461	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	409	5,494	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	412	5,524	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	414	5,548	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	416	5,571	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,592	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,614	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,644	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,683	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,730	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,766	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,795	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,818	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	516	5,831	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	518	5,855	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	530	5,907	19,715

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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.