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	Barbados	Dominica	Benin	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	6,461	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	6,677	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	6,902	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	7,130	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	7,360	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	7,589	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	7,838	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	8,089	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	8,335	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	8,603	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	8,884	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	9,179	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	9,486	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	9,805	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	10,135	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	10,480	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	10,842	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	11,220	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	11,613	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	12,018	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	12,370	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	12,725	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	13,081	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	13,439	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.

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 Barbados, Dominica, Benin, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.