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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	North Macedonia	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	2,006	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	2,017	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	2,026	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	2,011	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	2,018	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	2,024	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	2,028	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	2,031	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	2,035	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	2,038	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	2,042	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	2,046	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,049	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	2,052	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	2,055	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	2,058	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	2,061	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	2,063	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	2,065	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	2,067	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	2,068	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	2,065	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	2,057	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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