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	Laos	Cameroon	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	15,483	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	15,913	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	16,354	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	16,815	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	17,289	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	17,764	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	18,249	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	18,746	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	19,278	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	19,843	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	20,419	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	21,002	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	21,586	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	22,181	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	22,800	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	23,513	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	24,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	24,995	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	25,680	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	26,373	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	27,114	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	27,878	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	28,663	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	29,417	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, Laos, Cameroon, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.