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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	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	32,956

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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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