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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova	Luxembourg	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	4,244	433	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	4,199	438	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,154	443	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,108	448	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,059	454	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,013	460	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,966	467	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,919	474	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,873	482	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,829	491	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,788	500	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,748	509	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,709	521	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,671	533	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,633	547	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,595	560	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,558	571	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,522	586	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,485	599	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,448	610	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,412	623	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,376	633	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,339	643	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,570	651	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Moldova, Luxembourg, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.