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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	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	4,713

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