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	Malta	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	387	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	390	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	393	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	396	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	398	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	401	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	404	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	405	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	406	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	409	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	412	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	414	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	416	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	420	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	426	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	435	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	445	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	455	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	468	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	485	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	504	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	516	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	518	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	530	167

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, Malta, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.