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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,322	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,339	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,358	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,377	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,391	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,404	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,420	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,438	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	406	5,461	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	409	5,494	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	412	5,524	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	414	5,548	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	416	5,571	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,592	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,614	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,644	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,683	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,730	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,766	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,795	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,818	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	516	5,831	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	518	5,855	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	530	5,907	10,200

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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