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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	70	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	71	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	71	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	72	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	72	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	72	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	72	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	72	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	72	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	73	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	73	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	73	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	73	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	73	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	73	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	73	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	74	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	74	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	74	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	75	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	75	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	76	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	76	22,239

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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.