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	Sudan	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	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, Sudan, Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.