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	Yemen	Palestinian Territories	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	2,996	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	3,075	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	3,155	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	3,235	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	3,315	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	3,396	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	3,478	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	3,559	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	3,642	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	3,727	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	3,817	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	3,907	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	3,997	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	4,088	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	4,178	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	4,269	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	4,359	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	4,451	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	4,533	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	4,615	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	4,715	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	4,820	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	4,930	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	5,042	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, Yemen, Palestinian Territories, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.