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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	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	433	273	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	438	274	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	443	275	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	448	276	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	454	278	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	460	279	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	467	280	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	474	281	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	482	282	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	491	283	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	500	285	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	521	287	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	533	288	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	547	289	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	560	290	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	571	291	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	586	291	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	599	292	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	610	293	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	623	294	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	633	294	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	643	295	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	651	295	5,750

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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