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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	Russia	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	147,218	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	146,600	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	145,980	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	145,310	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	144,652	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	144,071	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	143,522	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	143,053	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	142,809	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	142,746	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	142,789	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	142,853	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	142,964	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	143,205	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	143,510	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	146,094	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	146,410	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	146,678	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	146,846	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	146,834	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	146,768	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	146,463	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	145,849	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	146,693	2,787

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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