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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	Chad	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	7,559	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	7,821	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	8,092	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	8,395	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	8,763	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	9,191	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	9,594	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	9,967	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	10,338	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	10,728	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	11,139	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	11,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	11,983	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	12,427	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	12,895	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	13,379	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	13,823	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	14,277	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	14,765	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	15,252	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	15,750	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	16,257	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	16,776	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	17,307	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.

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