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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	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	4,244	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	4,199	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	4,154	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	4,108	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	4,059	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	4,013	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	3,966	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	3,919	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	3,873	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	3,829	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	3,788	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	3,748	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	3,709	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	3,671	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	3,633	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	3,595	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	3,558	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	3,522	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	3,485	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	3,448	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	3,412	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	3,376	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	3,339	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	3,570	146,693

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Luxembourg, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.