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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	Chile	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	15,140	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	15,340	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	15,513	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	15,686	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	15,859	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	16,029	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	16,222	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	16,364	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	16,536	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	16,700	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	16,864	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	16,999	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	17,189	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	17,378	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	17,545	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	17,720	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	17,904	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	18,099	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	18,350	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	18,681	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	19,035	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	19,385	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	19,604	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	19,715	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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