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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	Jamaica	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,643	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,670	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,694	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,707	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,709	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,711	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,711	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,710	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,708	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,705	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,702	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,697	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,692	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,686	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,682	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,678	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,675	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,674	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,673	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,673	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,674	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,675	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,676	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,676	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

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

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