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	Moldova	Cambodia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	12,122	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	12,317	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	12,504	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	12,691	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	12,881	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	13,076	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	13,276	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	13,461	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	13,630	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	13,808	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	13,990	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	14,162	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	14,322	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	14,480	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	14,637	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	14,793	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	14,994	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	15,238	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	15,480	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	15,717	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	15,944	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	16,149	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	16,338	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	16,514	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, Moldova, Cambodia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.