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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.