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	Oman	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	2,348	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	2,403	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	2,457	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	2,510	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	2,562	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	2,613	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	2,663	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	2,713	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	2,764	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	2,816	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	2,871	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	2,928	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,986	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	3,047	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	3,110	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	3,174	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	3,240	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	3,307	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	3,375	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	3,444	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	3,512	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	3,582	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	3,651	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	3,696	1,126

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, Oman, Eswatini; the database as a whole is cited above.