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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	Portugal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	10,144	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	10,215	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	10,288	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	10,344	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	10,383	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	10,408	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	10,427	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	10,446	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	10,467	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	10,482	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	10,492	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	10,497	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	10,481	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	10,439	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	10,382	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	10,326	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	10,283	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	10,251	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	10,226	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	10,209	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	10,212	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	10,223	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	10,214	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	10,200	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

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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