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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	Chad	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,559	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,821	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,092	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,395	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,763	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,191	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,594	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,967	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,338	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,728	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,139	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,983	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	12,427	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	12,895	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	13,379	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	13,823	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	14,277	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	14,765	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,252	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,750	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,257	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,776	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,307	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.

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