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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	3,811	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	3,901	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	3,919	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	3,923	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	3,940	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	3,975	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	3,991	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	3,993	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	3,990	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	3,987	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	3,985	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	3,983	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	3,980	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	3,977	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	3,973	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	3,968	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	3,963	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	3,957	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	3,951	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	3,944	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	3,937	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	3,929	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	3,921	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	3,876	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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