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	Seychelles	Moldova	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	4,244	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	4,199	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	4,154	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	4,108	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	4,059	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	4,013	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	3,966	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	3,919	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	3,873	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	3,829	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	3,788	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	3,748	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	3,709	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	3,671	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	3,633	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	3,595	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	3,558	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	3,522	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	3,485	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	3,448	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	3,412	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	3,376	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	3,339	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	3,570	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.