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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	Mauritania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,437	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,501	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,566	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,632	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,699	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,768	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,838	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,909	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,981	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,055	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,129	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,205	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,282	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,359	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,438	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,517	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,597	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,677	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,759	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,840	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,942	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,045	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,150	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,259	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.

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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, Mauritania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.