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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	Dominican Republic	Malaysia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	22,132	273
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	22,695	274
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	23,291	275
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	23,874	276
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	24,437	278
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	24,993	279
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	25,543	280
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	26,086	281
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	26,620	282
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	27,161	283
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	27,715	285
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	28,268	286
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	28,750	287
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	29,163	288
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	29,568	289
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	29,977	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	30,387	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	30,782	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	31,164	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	31,539	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	31,903	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	32,257	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	32,603	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	32,956	295

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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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