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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	Madagascar	Iceland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	277	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	281	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	285	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	288	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	289	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	293	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	296	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	304	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	311	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	319	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	319	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	318	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	319	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	321	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	324	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	327	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	331	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	335	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	343	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	353	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	361	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	366	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	372	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	380	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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