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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	Sudan	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	19,715

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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