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	Oman	Barbados	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	273	433
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	274	438
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	275	443
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	276	448
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	278	454
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	279	460
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	280	467
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	281	474
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	282	482
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	283	491
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	285	500
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	287	521
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	288	533
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	289	547
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	290	560
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	291	571
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	291	586
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	292	599
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	293	610
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	294	623
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	294	633
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	295	643
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	295	651

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, Oman, Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.