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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	Poland	Moldova	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	38,358	4,244	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	38,344	4,199	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	38,339	4,154	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	38,320	4,108	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	38,283	4,059	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,268	4,013	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	38,249	3,966	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	38,220	3,919	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,204	3,873	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	38,204	3,829	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	38,572	3,788	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	38,606	3,748	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	38,615	3,709	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	38,623	3,671	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	38,591	3,633	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	38,573	3,595	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,544	3,558	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	38,516	3,522	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	38,511	3,485	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	38,502	3,448	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	38,475	3,412	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,443	3,376	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,250	3,339	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,914	3,570	2,048

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

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.