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	Senegal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	10,070	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	10,305	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	10,576	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	10,864	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	11,172	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	11,498	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	11,839	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	12,204	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	12,584	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	12,978	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	13,382	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	13,794	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	14,226	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	14,668	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	15,121	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	15,589	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	16,066	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	16,549	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	17,044	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	17,535	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	18,021	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	18,518	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	19,016	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	19,512	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, Senegal, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.