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	Russia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	147,218	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	146,600	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	145,980	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	145,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	144,652	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	144,071	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	143,522	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	143,053	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	142,809	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	142,746	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	142,789	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	142,853	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	142,964	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	143,205	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	143,510	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	146,094	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	146,410	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	146,678	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	146,846	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	146,834	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	146,768	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	146,463	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	145,849	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	146,693	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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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