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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	Guinea-Bissau
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	1,183
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	1,208
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	1,233
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	1,260
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	1,288
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	1,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	1,348
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	1,379
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	1,412
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	1,446
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	1,481
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	1,516
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	1,551
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	1,587
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	1,624
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	1,663
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	1,703
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	1,745
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	1,789
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	1,833
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	1,877
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	1,920
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	1,963
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	2,005

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, Malta, Guinea-Bissau; the database as a whole is cited above.