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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	Cuba	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	11,108	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	11,147	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	11,179	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	11,210	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	11,241	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	11,260	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	11,268	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	11,266	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	11,261	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	11,258	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	11,260	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	11,262	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	11,264	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	11,262	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	11,250	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	11,238	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	11,214	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	11,180	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	11,147	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	11,116	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	11,105	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	11,089	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	11,046	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	11,003	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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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