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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	Cameroon	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	295	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

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