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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	Paraguay	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,366	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,473	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,579	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,683	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,786	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,886	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,984	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,080	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,173	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,264	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,352	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,438	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,522	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,605	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,688	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,769	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,850	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	455	6,930	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,012	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,095	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,179	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,263	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,348	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,432	9,188

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