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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	Dominica	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	3,811	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,901	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	3,919	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	3,923	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	3,940	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	3,975	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	3,991	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	3,993	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	3,990	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	3,987	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	3,985	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	3,983	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	3,980	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	3,977	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	3,973	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	3,968	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	3,963	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	3,957	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	3,951	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	3,944	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	3,937	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	3,929	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	3,921	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	3,876	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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