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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaYemenMalta
2737016,728387
2747117,236390
2757117,762393
2767218,310396
2787218,855398
2797219,410401
2807220,000404
2817220,611405
2827221,236406
2837321,878409
2857322,533412
2867323,195414
2877323,880416
2887324,594420
2897325,311426
2907326,020435
2917426,698445
2917427,347455
2927427,985468
2937428,608485
2947529,216504
2947529,811516
2957630,399518
2957631,058530

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, Yemen, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.