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	Central African Republic	Lithuania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	3,419	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	3,395	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	3,367	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	3,340	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	3,313	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	3,276	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	3,223	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	3,172	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	3,134	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	3,102	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	3,068	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	3,004	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	2,937	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	2,898	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	2,869	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	2,844	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	2,818	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	2,782	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	2,744	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	2,718	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	2,710	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	2,711	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	2,724	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	2,748	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, Central African Republic, Lithuania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.