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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	Luxembourg	Barbados	Albania	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	433	273	3,085	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	438	274	3,065	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	443	275	3,047	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	448	276	3,038	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	454	278	3,026	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	460	279	3,014	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	467	280	2,998	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	474	281	2,979	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	482	282	2,957	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	491	283	2,934	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	500	285	2,915	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	2,900	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	521	287	2,892	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	533	288	2,888	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	547	289	2,882	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	560	290	2,876	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	571	291	2,868	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	586	291	2,863	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	599	292	2,861	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	610	293	2,854	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	623	294	2,842	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	633	294	2,825	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	643	295	2,799	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	651	295	2,787	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.

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 Luxembourg, Barbados, Albania, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.