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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	Sudan	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	26,168	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	26,771	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	27,387	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	28,017	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	28,662	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	29,321	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	29,996	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	30,686	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	31,393	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	32,137	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	33,078	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	33,891	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	34,568	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	35,293	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	36,093	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	37,058	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	38,165	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	39,294	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	40,512	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	41,764	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	42,952	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	44,121	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	45,290	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	46,498	16,514

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