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	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,570	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, Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.