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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	Cambodia	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	12,122	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	12,317	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	12,504	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	12,691	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	12,881	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	13,076	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	13,276	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	13,461	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	13,630	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	13,808	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	13,990	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	14,162	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	14,322	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	14,480	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	14,637	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	14,793	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	14,994	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	15,238	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	15,480	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	15,717	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	15,944	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	16,149	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	16,338	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	16,514	46,498

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, Cambodia, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.