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	Lithuania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	3,419	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	3,395	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	3,367	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	3,340	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	3,313	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	3,276	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	3,223	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	3,172	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	3,134	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	3,102	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	3,068	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	3,004	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	2,937	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	2,898	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	2,869	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	2,844	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	2,818	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	2,782	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	2,744	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	2,718	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	2,710	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	2,711	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	2,724	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	2,748	167

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, Lithuania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.