Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Luxembourg	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	433	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	438	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	443	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	448	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	454	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	460	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	467	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	474	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	482	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	491	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	500	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	509	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	521	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	533	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	547	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	560	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	571	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	586	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	599	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	610	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	623	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	633	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	643	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	651	2,559

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, Luxembourg, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.