Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Cambodia	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,122	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,317	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,504	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,691	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,881	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,076	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,276	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,461	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,630	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	13,808	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,990	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,162	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,322	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,480	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,637	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,793	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	14,994	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,238	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	15,480	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,717	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,944	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,149	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,338	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	16,514	46,498	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

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