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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	147,218	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	146,600	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	145,980	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	145,310	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	144,652	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	144,071	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	143,522	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	143,053	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	142,809	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	142,746	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	142,789	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	142,853	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	142,964	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	143,205	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	143,510	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	146,094	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	146,410	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	146,678	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	146,846	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	146,834	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	146,768	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	146,463	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	145,849	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	146,693	46,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.