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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	Yemen	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	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

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