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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	5,657

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