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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	Malta	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	387	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	390	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	393	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	396	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	398	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	401	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	404	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	405	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	406	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	409	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	412	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	414	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	416	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	420	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	426	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	435	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	445	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	455	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	468	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	485	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	504	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	516	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	518	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	530	3,228

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, Dominica, Malta, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.