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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	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	2,676

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

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

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