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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	Malaysia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,132	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,695	274
Dec 31, 2001	23,291	275
Dec 31, 2002	23,874	276
Dec 31, 2003	24,437	278
Dec 31, 2004	24,993	279
Dec 31, 2005	25,543	280
Dec 31, 2006	26,086	281
Dec 31, 2007	26,620	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,161	283
Dec 31, 2009	27,715	285
Dec 31, 2010	28,268	286
Dec 31, 2011	28,750	287
Dec 31, 2012	29,163	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,568	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,977	290
Dec 31, 2015	30,387	291
Dec 31, 2016	30,782	291
Dec 31, 2017	31,164	292
Dec 31, 2018	31,539	293
Dec 31, 2019	31,903	294
Dec 31, 2020	32,257	294
Dec 31, 2021	32,603	295
Dec 31, 2022	32,956	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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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