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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	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.

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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

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