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	Haiti	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	8,121	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	8,279	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	8,430	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	8,580	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	8,739	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	8,900	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	9,061	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	9,216	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	9,364	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	9,508	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	9,652	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	9,553	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	9,670	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	9,793	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	9,922	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	10,047	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	10,254	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	10,486	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	10,647	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	10,788	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	10,933	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	11,077	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	11,215	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	11,349	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, Haiti, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.