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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,132	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,695	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,291	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,874	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,437	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,993	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,543	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,086	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,620	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,161	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,715	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	28,268	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,750	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	29,163	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,568	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,977	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,387	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	30,782	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	31,164	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,539	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	31,903	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,257	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	32,603	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	32,956	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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