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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	Israel	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	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.

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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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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