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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	Mauritania	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,437	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,501	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,566	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,632	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,699	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,768	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,838	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,909	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,981	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,055	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,129	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,205	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,282	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,359	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,438	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,517	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,597	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,677	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,759	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,840	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,942	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,045	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,150	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,259	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.

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