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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	Liberia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	2,741	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	2,847	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	2,917	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	2,978	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	2,983	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	3,005	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	3,138	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	3,311	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	3,469	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	3,603	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	3,708	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	3,817	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	3,984	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	4,141	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	4,244	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	4,348	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	4,460	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	4,576	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	4,689	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	4,810	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	4,904	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	5,005	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	5,109	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	5,216	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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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