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

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