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	Oman	Azerbaijan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	8,056	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	8,127	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	8,194	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	8,257	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	8,319	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	8,391	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	8,475	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	8,565	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	8,657	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	8,750	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	8,842	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	8,933	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	9,025	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	9,117	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	9,210	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	9,302	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	9,393	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	9,481	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	9,567	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	9,649	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	9,727	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	9,802	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	9,874	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	9,918	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, Oman, Azerbaijan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.