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	Nepal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	23,087	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	23,487	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	23,887	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	24,273	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	24,645	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	24,989	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	25,255	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	25,484	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	25,732	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	25,998	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	26,298	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	26,664	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	27,081	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	27,505	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	27,917	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	28,311	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	28,678	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	29,034	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	29,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	29,718	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	30,057	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	30,595	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	31,311	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	31,845	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, Nepal, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.