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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	433	51,181	4,244	273
Dec 31, 2000	438	52,782	4,199	274
Dec 31, 2001	443	54,453	4,154	275
Dec 31, 2002	448	56,170	4,108	276
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,860	4,059	278
Dec 31, 2004	460	59,599	4,013	279
Dec 31, 2005	467	61,474	3,966	280
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,479	3,919	281
Dec 31, 2007	482	65,590	3,873	282
Dec 31, 2008	491	67,800	3,829	283
Dec 31, 2009	500	70,114	3,788	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	72,550	3,748	286
Dec 31, 2011	521	75,138	3,709	287
Dec 31, 2012	533	77,792	3,671	288
Dec 31, 2013	547	80,534	3,633	289
Dec 31, 2014	560	83,368	3,595	290
Dec 31, 2015	571	86,229	3,558	291
Dec 31, 2016	586	89,193	3,522	291
Dec 31, 2017	599	92,209	3,485	292
Dec 31, 2018	610	95,232	3,448	293
Dec 31, 2019	623	98,320	3,412	294
Dec 31, 2020	633	101,499	3,376	294
Dec 31, 2021	643	104,767	3,339	295
Dec 31, 2022	651	108,171	3,570	295

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Moldova, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.