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	Libya	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	4,993	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	5,116	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	5,237	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	5,357	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	5,476	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	5,595	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	5,715	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	5,835	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	5,967	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	6,115	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	6,270	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	6,432	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	6,144	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	5,849	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	6,010	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	6,163	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	6,291	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	6,415	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	6,549	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	6,689	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	6,826	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	6,960	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	7,088	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	7,169	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, Libya, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.