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	Tunisia	Albania	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	3,085	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	3,065	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	3,047	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	3,038	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	3,026	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	3,014	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	2,998	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	2,979	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	2,957	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	2,934	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	2,915	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	2,900	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	2,892	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	2,888	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	2,882	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	2,876	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	2,868	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	2,863	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	2,861	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	2,854	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	2,842	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	2,825	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	2,799	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	2,787	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.

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