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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	Turkmenistan	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	4,324	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	4,385	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	4,444	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	4,502	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	4,556	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	4,608	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	4,664	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	4,719	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	4,773	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	4,828	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	4,884	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	4,940	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	4,996	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	5,053	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	5,110	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	5,169	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	5,227	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	5,287	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	5,346	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	5,405	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	5,464	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	5,522	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	5,579	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	5,657	651

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, Turkmenistan, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.