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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	Cape Verde	Moldova	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	422	4,244	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	430	4,199	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	438	4,154	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	447	4,108	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	455	4,059	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	463	4,013	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	471	3,966	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	478	3,919	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	486	3,873	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	494	3,829	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	501	3,788	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	509	3,748	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	516	3,709	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	524	3,671	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	531	3,633	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	539	3,595	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	546	3,558	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	553	3,522	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	562	3,485	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	568	3,448	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	574	3,412	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	580	3,376	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	585	3,339	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	590	3,570	10,099

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 Cape Verde, Moldova, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.