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	Guinea	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	7,610	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	7,780	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	7,821	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	7,906	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	8,121	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	8,317	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	8,478	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	8,650	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	8,860	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	9,091	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	9,327	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	9,571	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	9,825	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	10,084	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	10,351	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	10,632	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	10,924	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	11,225	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	11,534	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	11,855	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	12,160	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	12,469	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	12,778	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	13,087	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, Guinea, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.