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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	433	273	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	438	274	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	443	275	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	448	276	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	454	278	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	460	279	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	467	280	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	474	281	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	482	282	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	491	283	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	500	285	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	521	287	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	533	288	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	547	289	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	560	290	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	571	291	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	586	291	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	599	292	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	610	293	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	623	294	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	633	294	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	643	295	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	651	295	2,739

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