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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	Jordan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	4,591	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	4,700	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	4,811	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	4,923	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	5,037	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	5,161	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	5,295	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	5,765	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	6,243	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	6,397	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	6,538	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	6,680	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	6,840	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	6,952	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	7,706	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	8,839	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	9,506	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	9,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	10,066	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	10,273	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	10,480	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	10,628	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	10,716	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	10,849	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

Jordan

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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