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