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	Moldova	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	4,244	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	4,199	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	4,154	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	4,108	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	4,059	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	4,013	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	3,966	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	3,919	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	3,873	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	3,829	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	3,788	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	3,748	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	3,709	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	3,671	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	3,633	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	3,595	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	3,558	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	3,522	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	3,485	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	3,448	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	3,412	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	3,376	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	3,339	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	3,570	31,845

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, Moldova, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.