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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	Luxembourg	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	433	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	438	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	443	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	448	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	454	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	460	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	467	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	474	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	482	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	491	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	500	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	509	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	521	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	533	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	547	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	560	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	571	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	586	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	599	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	610	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	623	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	633	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	643	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	651	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, Puerto Rico, Luxembourg, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.