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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	Puerto Rico	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,800	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,811	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,819	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,824	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,826	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,827	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,822	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,805	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,783	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,761	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,741	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,722	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,679	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,636	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,589	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,534	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,473	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,411	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,352	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,295	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,268	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,247	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,232	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,228	10,200

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

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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