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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	Liberia	Albania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	3,085	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	3,065	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	3,047	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	3,038	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	3,026	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	3,014	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	2,998	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	2,979	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	2,957	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	2,934	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	2,915	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	2,900	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	2,892	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	2,888	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	2,882	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	2,876	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	2,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	2,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	2,861	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	2,854	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	2,842	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	2,825	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	2,799	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	2,787	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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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