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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	Yemen	Ecuador	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	12,268	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	12,446	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	12,629	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	12,827	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	13,074	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	13,368	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	13,661	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	13,915	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	14,133	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	14,352	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	14,569	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	14,786	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	15,002	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	15,218	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	15,433	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	15,647	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	15,860	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	16,072	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	16,282	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	16,489	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	16,693	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	16,894	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	17,093	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	17,288	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

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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