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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	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	12,060

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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