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	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	46,498	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, Sudan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.