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	Luxembourg	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	433	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	438	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	443	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	448	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	454	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	460	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	467	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	474	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	482	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	491	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	500	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	509	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	521	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	533	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	547	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	560	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	571	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	586	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	599	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	610	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	623	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	633	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	643	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	651	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, Luxembourg, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.