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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	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	3,790

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

Croatia

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

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