Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Sudan	Denmark	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	5,322	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	5,339	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	5,358	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	5,377	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	5,391	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	5,404	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	5,420	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	5,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	5,461	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	5,494	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	5,524	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	5,548	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	5,571	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	5,592	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	5,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	5,644	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	5,683	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	5,730	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	5,766	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	5,795	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	5,818	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	5,831	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	5,855	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	5,907	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, Sudan, Denmark, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.