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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	North Macedonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,006	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,017	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,026	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,011	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,018	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,024	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,028	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,031	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,038	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,042	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,046	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,049	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,052	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,055	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,061	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,063	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,065	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,067	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,068	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,065	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,057	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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