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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	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	1,883

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, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.