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

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.