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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	Malta	Albania	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	3,085	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,065	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	3,047	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	3,038	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	3,026	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	3,014	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	2,998	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	2,979	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	2,957	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	2,934	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	2,915	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	2,900	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,892	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	2,888	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	2,882	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	2,876	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	2,868	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	2,863	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	2,861	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	2,854	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	2,842	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	2,825	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	2,799	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	2,787	9,918

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