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	Paraguay	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,366	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,473	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,579	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,683	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,786	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,886	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,984	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	6,080	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,173	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,264	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,352	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,438	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,522	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,605	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,688	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,769	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,850	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	6,930	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,012	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,095	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,179	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,263	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,348	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,432	1,330

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, Paraguay, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.