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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	Uruguay	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,234	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,246	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,257	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,268	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,277	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,285	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,291	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,298	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,305	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,313	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,321	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,329	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,337	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,345	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,353	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,362	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,371	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,380	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,390	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,399	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,408	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,417	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,426	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,422	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.

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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

Uruguay

1800-1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1870–2014: Bèrtola, L. (2016). El PIB per Capita de Uruguay 1870 - 2016: una reconstruccion. PHES working paper No 48

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