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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	13,087

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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.