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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	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	22,239

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.

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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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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