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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaltaIsrael
3875,927
3906,088
3936,236
3966,366
3986,484
4016,603
4046,723
4056,846
4066,972
4097,100
4127,226
4147,360
4167,498
4207,637
4267,781
4357,931
4458,091
4558,251
4688,412
4858,576
5048,742
5168,899
5189,047
5309,188

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

Israel

  • 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

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