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	Estonia	Mali	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	10,596	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	10,833	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	10,890	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	11,007	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	11,307	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	11,579	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	11,804	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	12,043	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	12,337	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	12,657	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	12,986	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	13,325	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	13,679	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	14,040	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	14,412	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	14,803	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	15,210	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	15,629	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	16,060	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	16,507	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	16,967	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	17,442	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	17,930	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	18,494	651

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, Estonia, Mali, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.