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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Poland	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	38,358	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	38,344	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	38,339	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	38,320	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	38,283	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	38,268	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	38,249	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	38,220	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	38,204	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	38,204	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	38,572	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	38,606	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	38,615	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	38,623	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	38,591	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	38,573	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	38,544	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	38,516	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	38,511	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	38,502	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	38,475	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	38,443	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,250	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	37,914	530	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

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

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