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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	Panama
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	2,848
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	2,900
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	2,952
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	3,003
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	3,054
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	3,104
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	3,155
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	3,206
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	3,258
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	3,310
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	3,360
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	3,411
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	3,460
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	3,510
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	3,559
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	3,608
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	3,657
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	3,705
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	3,753
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	3,801
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	3,862
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	3,918
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	3,970
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	4,023

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

Panama

1906–1945: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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