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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	Mali	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	10,596	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	10,833	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	10,890	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	11,007	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	11,307	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	11,579	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	11,804	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	12,043	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	12,337	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	12,657	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	12,986	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	13,325	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	13,679	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	14,040	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	14,412	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	14,803	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	15,210	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	15,629	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	16,060	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	16,507	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	16,967	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	17,442	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	17,930	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	18,494	3,570

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