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

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