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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	Lebanon	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,460	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,499	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,554	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,610	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,665	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,721	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,777	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,853	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,954	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,036	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,082	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,097	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,115	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	420	4,206	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	426	4,696	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,365	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,640	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,688	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,680	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,562	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,331	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	516	4,986	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	518	4,802	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	530	4,713	2,748

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