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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	Lesotho	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	1,908	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	1,916	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	1,922	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	1,926	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	1,926	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	1,925	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	1,922	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	1,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	1,917	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	1,915	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	1,916	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	1,920	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	1,925	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	1,930	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	1,936	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	1,942	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	1,948	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	1,953	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	1,958	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	1,962	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	1,987	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	2,013	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	2,037	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	2,059	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, Lesotho, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.