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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	Netherlands	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	15,817	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	15,932	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	16,052	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	16,155	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	16,231	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	16,288	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	16,326	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	16,352	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	16,388	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	16,452	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	16,536	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	16,621	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	16,699	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	16,761	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	16,810	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	16,871	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	16,946	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	17,036	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	17,137	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	17,238	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	17,351	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	17,448	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	17,539	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	17,709	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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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