Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Laos	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	2,787	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

No separate list is published for Malta, Laos, Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.