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	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,993	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,116	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,237	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,357	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,476	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,595	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,715	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,835	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,967	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,115	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,270	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,432	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,144	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,849	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,010	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,163	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,291	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,415	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,549	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,689	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,826	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,960	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,088	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,169	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, Libya, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.