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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	4,244	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	4,199	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	4,154	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	4,108	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	4,059	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	4,013	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	3,966	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	3,919	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	3,873	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	3,829	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	3,788	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	3,748	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	3,709	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	3,671	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	3,633	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	3,595	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	3,558	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	3,522	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	3,485	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	3,448	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	3,412	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	3,376	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	3,339	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	3,570	16,514

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, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.