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	Denmark	Mali	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	10,596	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	10,833	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	10,890	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	11,007	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	11,307	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	11,579	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	11,804	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	12,043	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	12,337	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	12,657	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	12,986	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	13,325	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	13,679	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	14,040	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	14,412	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	14,803	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	15,210	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	15,629	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	16,060	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	16,507	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	16,967	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	17,442	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	17,930	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	18,494	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, Denmark, Mali, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.