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

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