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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	Moldova	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	4,244	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	4,199	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	4,154	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	4,108	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	4,059	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	4,013	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	3,966	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	3,919	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	3,873	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	3,829	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	3,788	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	3,748	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	3,709	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	3,671	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	3,633	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	3,595	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	3,558	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	3,522	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	3,485	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	3,448	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	3,412	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	3,376	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	3,339	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	3,570	590

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