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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	Colombia	Moldova	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	38,365	4,244	273
Dec 31, 2000	38,911	4,199	274
Dec 31, 2001	39,411	4,154	275
Dec 31, 2002	39,918	4,108	276
Dec 31, 2003	40,416	4,059	278
Dec 31, 2004	40,899	4,013	279
Dec 31, 2005	41,374	3,966	280
Dec 31, 2006	41,862	3,919	281
Dec 31, 2007	42,324	3,873	282
Dec 31, 2008	42,781	3,829	283
Dec 31, 2009	43,264	3,788	285
Dec 31, 2010	43,771	3,748	286
Dec 31, 2011	44,225	3,709	287
Dec 31, 2012	44,660	3,671	288
Dec 31, 2013	45,081	3,633	289
Dec 31, 2014	45,846	3,595	290
Dec 31, 2015	46,290	3,558	291
Dec 31, 2016	46,796	3,522	291
Dec 31, 2017	47,385	3,485	292
Dec 31, 2018	48,222	3,448	293
Dec 31, 2019	49,326	3,412	294
Dec 31, 2020	50,283	3,376	294
Dec 31, 2021	50,978	3,339	295
Dec 31, 2022	51,332	3,570	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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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