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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	Ethiopia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	63,575	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	65,213	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	66,889	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	68,649	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	70,491	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	72,389	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	74,327	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	76,326	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	78,411	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	80,564	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	82,787	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	85,096	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	87,530	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	90,066	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	92,632	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	95,337	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	98,114	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	100,858	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	103,654	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	106,466	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	109,267	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	112,100	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	114,964	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	117,924	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, Ethiopia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.