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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	Ethiopia	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	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 Ethiopia, Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.