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	Mali	Estonia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,596	1,378	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,833	1,400	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,890	1,391	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,007	1,382	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,307	1,374	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,579	1,365	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,804	1,357	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,043	1,349	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,337	1,341	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,657	1,337	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	12,986	1,334	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,325	1,332	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	13,679	1,328	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,040	1,324	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,412	1,319	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,803	1,314	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,210	1,312	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,629	1,314	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,060	1,314	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,507	1,318	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,967	1,323	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,442	1,327	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,930	1,329	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,494	1,330	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, Mali, Estonia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.