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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	Seychelles	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	78	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	79	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	80	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	81	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	82	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	83	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	84	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	85	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	86	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	87	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	87	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	88	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	89	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	90	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	91	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	92	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	92	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	93	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	94	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	95	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	96	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	97	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	98	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	98	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, Seychelles, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.