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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	Qatar	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	3,811	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	3,901	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	3,919	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	3,923	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	3,940	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	3,975	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	3,991	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	3,993	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	3,990	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	3,987	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	3,985	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	3,983	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	3,980	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	3,977	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	3,973	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	3,968	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	3,963	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	3,957	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	3,951	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	3,944	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	3,937	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	3,929	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	3,921	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	3,876	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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