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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	Ghana	Albania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	3,085	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	3,065	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	3,047	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	3,038	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	3,026	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	3,014	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	2,998	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	2,979	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	2,957	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	2,934	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	2,915	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	2,900	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	2,892	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	2,888	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	2,882	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	2,876	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	2,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	2,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	2,861	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	2,854	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	2,842	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	2,825	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	2,799	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	2,787	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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