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	Yemen	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	16,728	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	17,236	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	17,762	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	18,310	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	18,855	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	19,410	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	20,000	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	20,611	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	21,236	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	21,878	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	22,533	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	23,195	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	23,880	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	24,594	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	25,311	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	26,020	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	26,698	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	27,347	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	27,985	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	28,608	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	29,216	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	29,811	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	30,399	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	31,058	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, Yemen, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.