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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	Cameroon	Albania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	3,085	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	3,065	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	3,047	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	3,038	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	3,026	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	3,014	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	2,998	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	2,979	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	2,957	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	2,934	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	2,915	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	2,900	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	2,892	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	2,888	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	2,882	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	2,876	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	2,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	2,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	2,861	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	2,854	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	2,842	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	2,825	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	2,799	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	2,787	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, Cameroon, Albania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.