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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	Israel	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,927	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	390	6,088	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	393	6,236	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	396	6,366	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	398	6,484	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	401	6,603	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	404	6,723	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,846	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,972	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	409	7,100	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	412	7,226	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	414	7,360	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	416	7,498	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	420	7,637	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	426	7,781	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	435	7,931	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	445	8,091	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	455	8,251	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	468	8,412	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	485	8,576	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	504	8,742	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	516	8,899	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	518	9,047	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	530	9,188	31,058

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