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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	Puerto Rico	Iceland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	277	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	281	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	285	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	288	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	289	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	293	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	296	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	304	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	311	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	319	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	319	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	318	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	319	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	321	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	324	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	327	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	331	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	335	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	343	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	353	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	361	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	366	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	372	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	380	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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