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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	Mali	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	10,596	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	10,833	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	10,890	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	11,007	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	11,307	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	11,579	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	11,804	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	12,043	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	12,337	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	12,657	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	12,986	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	13,325	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	13,679	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	14,040	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	14,412	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	14,803	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	15,210	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	15,629	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	16,060	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	16,507	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	16,967	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	17,442	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	17,930	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	18,494	3,228

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, Mali, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.