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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	Portugal	Moldova	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,144	4,244	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,215	4,199	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	4,154	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,344	4,108	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,383	4,059	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,408	4,013	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,427	3,966	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,446	3,919	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,467	3,873	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,482	3,829	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,492	3,788	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,497	3,748	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,481	3,709	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,439	3,671	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,382	3,633	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,326	3,595	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,283	3,558	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,251	3,522	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,226	3,485	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,209	3,448	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,212	3,412	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,223	3,376	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,214	3,339	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,200	3,570	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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