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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	Oman	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	20,985

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

Syria

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