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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	Croatia	Oman	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,377	2,348	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,334	2,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,171	2,457	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,176	2,510	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,176	2,562	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,179	2,613	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,182	2,663	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,183	2,713	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,183	2,764	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,181	2,816	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,177	2,871	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,167	2,928	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,154	2,986	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	3,047	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,126	3,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,109	3,174	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,081	3,240	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,047	3,307	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,006	3,375	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,968	3,444	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,945	3,512	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,925	3,582	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,839	3,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,790	3,696	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

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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