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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	Seychelles	Moldova	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	4,244	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	4,199	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	4,154	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	4,108	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	4,059	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	4,013	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	3,966	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	3,919	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	3,873	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	3,829	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	3,788	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	3,748	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	3,709	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	3,671	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	3,633	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	3,595	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	3,558	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	3,522	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	3,485	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	3,448	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	3,412	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	3,376	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	3,339	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	3,570	7,432

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, Seychelles, Moldova, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.