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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	Dominica	Moldova	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	70	4,244	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	71	4,199	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	71	4,154	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	72	4,108	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	72	4,059	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	72	4,013	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	72	3,966	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	72	3,919	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	72	3,873	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	73	3,829	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	73	3,788	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	73	3,748	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	73	3,709	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,671	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,633	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,595	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,558	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,522	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,485	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,448	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,412	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,376	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,339	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,570	2,403

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