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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	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	590

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.

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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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.