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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	Iran	Albania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	3,085	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	3,065	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	3,047	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	3,038	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	3,026	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	3,014	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	2,998	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	2,979	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	2,957	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	2,934	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	2,915	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	2,900	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	2,892	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	2,888	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	2,882	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	2,876	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	2,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	2,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	2,861	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	2,854	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	2,842	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	2,825	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	2,799	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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