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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	Malta	Barbados	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	3,570

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 Malta, Barbados, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.