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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	Malaysia	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,132	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,695	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,291	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,874	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,437	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,993	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,543	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,086	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,620	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,161	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,715	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	28,268	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,750	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	29,163	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,568	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,977	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,387	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	30,782	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	31,164	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,539	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	31,903	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,257	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	32,603	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	32,956	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.

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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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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