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	Albania	Benin	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	6,461	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	6,677	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	6,902	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	7,130	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	7,360	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	7,589	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	7,838	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	8,089	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	8,335	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	8,603	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	8,884	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	9,179	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	9,486	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	9,805	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	10,135	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	10,480	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	10,842	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	11,220	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	11,613	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	12,018	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	12,370	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	12,725	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	13,081	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	13,439	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, Albania, Benin, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.