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	Malta	Moldova	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	4,244	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	4,199	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	4,154	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	4,108	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	4,059	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	4,013	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	3,966	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	3,919	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	3,873	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	3,829	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	3,788	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	3,748	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	3,709	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	3,671	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	3,633	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	3,595	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	3,558	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	3,522	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	3,485	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	3,448	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	3,412	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	3,376	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	3,339	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	3,570	19,512

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, Malta, Moldova, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.