Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Moldova	Afghanistan	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	22,206	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	22,461	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	22,507	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	23,600	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	25,005	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	25,698	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	26,335	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	27,154	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	27,387	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	27,706	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	28,484	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	29,121	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	29,758	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	30,420	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	31,108	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	31,823	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	32,564	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	33,332	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	34,125	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	34,941	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	35,972	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	37,034	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	38,127	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	39,252	651

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