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	Estonia	Afghanistan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	22,206	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	22,461	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	22,507	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	23,600	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	25,005	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	25,698	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	26,335	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	27,154	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	27,387	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	27,706	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	28,484	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	29,121	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	29,758	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	30,420	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	31,108	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	31,823	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	32,564	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	33,332	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	34,125	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	34,941	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	35,972	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	37,034	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	38,127	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	39,252	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, Estonia, Afghanistan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.