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	Moldova	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	4,244	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	4,199	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	4,154	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	4,108	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	4,059	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	4,013	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	3,966	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	3,919	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	3,873	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	3,829	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	3,788	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	3,748	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	3,709	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	3,671	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	3,633	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	3,595	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	3,558	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	3,522	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	3,485	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	3,448	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	3,412	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	3,376	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	3,339	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	3,570	117,924

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, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.