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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	Yemen	Oman	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	433	16,728	2,348	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	438	17,236	2,403	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	443	17,762	2,457	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	448	18,310	2,510	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	454	18,855	2,562	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	460	19,410	2,613	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	467	20,000	2,663	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	474	20,611	2,713	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	482	21,236	2,764	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	491	21,878	2,816	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	500	22,533	2,871	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	509	23,195	2,928	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	521	23,880	2,986	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	533	24,594	3,047	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	547	25,311	3,110	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	560	26,020	3,174	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	571	26,698	3,240	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	586	27,347	3,307	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	599	27,985	3,375	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	610	28,608	3,444	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	623	29,216	3,512	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	633	29,811	3,582	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	643	30,399	3,651	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	651	31,058	3,696	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, Yemen, Oman, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.