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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	Dominica	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	70	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	71	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	71	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	72	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	72	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	72	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	72	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	72	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	72	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	73	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	73	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	73	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	73	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	73	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	73	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	73	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	74	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	74	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	74	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	74	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	75	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	75	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	76	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	76	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

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.

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