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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	Afghanistan	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,570

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 Afghanistan, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.