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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	Moldova	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	4,244	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	4,199	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	4,154	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	4,108	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	4,059	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	4,013	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	3,966	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	3,919	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	3,873	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	3,829	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	3,788	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	3,748	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	3,709	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	3,671	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	3,633	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	3,595	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	3,558	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	3,522	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	3,485	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	3,448	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	3,412	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	3,376	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	3,339	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	3,570	29,417

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, Moldova, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.