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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	Netherlands	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	15,817	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	15,932	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	16,052	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	16,155	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	16,231	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	16,288	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	16,326	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	16,352	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	16,388	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	16,452	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	16,536	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	16,621	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	16,699	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	16,761	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	16,810	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	16,871	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	16,946	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	17,036	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	17,137	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	17,238	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	17,351	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	17,448	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	17,539	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	17,709	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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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