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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	Moldova	Argentina	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	36,924	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	37,336	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	37,714	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	38,079	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	38,438	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	38,800	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	39,171	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	39,556	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	39,947	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	40,343	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	40,736	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	41,401	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	41,881	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	42,360	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	42,836	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	43,310	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	43,779	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	44,245	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	44,706	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	45,162	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	45,613	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	46,058	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	46,496	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	46,736	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

Argentina

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1900: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P
1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE. and quinquennial averages published in El Desarrollo Económico de la Argentina, ECLA, Mexico, 1959, p. 15;
1913-1950: IEERAL, "Estadísticas de la evolución económica de Argentina, 1913-84", Estudios, Buenos Aires, July-September, 1986.

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