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	Qatar	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	627	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	659	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	691	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	724	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	757	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	850	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	1,001	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	1,153	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	1,306	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	1,460	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	1,615	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	1,770	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	1,904	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	2,010	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	2,103	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	2,187	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	2,261	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	2,326	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	2,384	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	2,435	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	2,480	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	2,519	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	2,553	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	2,559	590

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, Qatar, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.