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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	Australia	Moldova	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	4,244	273
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	4,199	274
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	4,154	275
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	4,108	276
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	4,059	278
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	4,013	279
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	3,966	280
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	3,919	281
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	3,873	282
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	3,829	283
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	3,788	285
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	3,748	286
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	3,709	287
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	3,671	288
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	3,633	289
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	3,595	290
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	3,558	291
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	3,522	291
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	3,485	292
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	3,448	293
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	3,412	294
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	3,376	294
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	3,339	295
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	3,570	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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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