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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	Iceland	Albania	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,085	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,065	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,047	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,038	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,026	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,014	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	2,998	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	2,979	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	2,957	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	2,934	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	2,915	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	2,900	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,892	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,888	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,882	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,876	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,868	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,863	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,861	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,854	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,842	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,825	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,799	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,787	32,956

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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