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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	Oman	Australia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	18,692	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	18,907	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	19,151	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	19,371	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	19,595	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	19,805	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	20,048	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	20,320	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	20,694	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	21,113	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	21,553	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	21,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	22,197	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	22,588	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	22,980	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	23,326	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	23,664	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	24,036	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	24,445	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	24,823	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	25,204	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	25,529	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	25,574	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	25,826	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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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