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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	Cambodia	Moldova	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,122	4,244	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,317	4,199	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,504	4,154	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,691	4,108	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,881	4,059	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,076	4,013	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,276	3,966	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,461	3,919	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,630	3,873	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	13,808	3,829	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,990	3,788	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,162	3,748	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,322	3,709	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,480	3,671	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,637	3,633	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,793	3,595	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	14,994	3,558	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,238	3,522	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	15,480	3,485	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,717	3,448	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,944	3,412	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,149	3,376	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,338	3,339	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	16,514	3,570	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, Cambodia, Moldova, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.