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	Sri Lanka	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	108,171	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, Sri Lanka, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.