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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	Jordan	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	387	4,591	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	390	4,700	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,811	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,923	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,037	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,161	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,295	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,765	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,243	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,397	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,538	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,680	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,840	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,952	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	426	7,706	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	435	8,839	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	445	9,506	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	455	9,863	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	468	10,066	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	485	10,273	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	504	10,480	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	516	10,628	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	518	10,716	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	530	10,849	1,330

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

Jordan

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
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.