Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Nepal	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	108,171	530

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, Nepal, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.