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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	3,811	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	3,901	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	3,919	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	3,923	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	3,940	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	3,975	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	3,991	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	3,993	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	3,990	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	3,987	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	3,985	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	3,983	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	3,980	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	3,977	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	3,973	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	3,968	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	3,963	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	3,957	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	3,951	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	3,944	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	3,937	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	3,929	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	3,921	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	3,876	167

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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