Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Laos	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	5,286	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	5,397	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	5,499	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	5,578	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	5,654	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	5,746	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	5,836	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	5,931	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	6,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	6,145	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	6,257	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	6,368	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	6,477	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	6,586	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	6,695	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	6,804	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	6,912	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	7,019	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	7,127	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	7,234	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	7,343	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	7,452	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	7,560	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	7,666	530

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.

All data sources

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

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