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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	Singapore	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,959	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,028	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,138	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,176	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,115	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,167	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,266	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,401	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,589	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,839	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,988	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,077	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,184	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,312	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,399	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,470	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,535	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,607	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,612	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,639	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,704	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,686	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,716	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,750	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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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