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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	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	3,085	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,065	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	3,047	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	3,038	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	3,026	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	3,014	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	2,998	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	2,979	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	2,957	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	2,934	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	2,915	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	2,900	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,892	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	2,888	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	2,882	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	2,876	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	2,868	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	2,863	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	2,861	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	2,854	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	2,842	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	2,825	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	2,799	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	2,787	13,439

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, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.