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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	Estonia	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	387	1,378	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	390	1,400	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	393	1,391	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	396	1,382	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	398	1,374	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	401	1,365	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,357	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,349	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,341	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,337	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,334	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,332	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,328	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	420	1,324	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	426	1,319	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	435	1,314	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	445	1,312	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	455	1,314	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	468	1,314	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	485	1,318	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	504	1,323	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	516	1,327	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	518	1,329	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	530	1,330	4,713

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