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	Morocco	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	28,400	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	28,744	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	29,094	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	29,447	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	29,806	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	30,169	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	30,552	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	30,953	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	31,354	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	31,754	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	32,154	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	32,553	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	32,951	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	33,346	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	33,737	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	34,124	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	34,511	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	34,898	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	35,279	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	35,653	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	36,018	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	36,375	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	36,723	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	37,101	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, Morocco, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.