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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	28,237

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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.