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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	Chile	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	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.

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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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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