Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Congo - Kinshasa	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	51,181	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	52,782	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	54,453	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	56,170	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	57,860	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	59,599	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	61,474	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	63,479	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	65,590	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	67,800	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	70,114	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	72,550	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	75,138	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	77,792	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	80,534	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	83,368	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	86,229	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	89,193	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	92,209	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	95,232	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	98,320	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	101,499	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	104,767	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	108,171	167

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 Barbados, Afghanistan, Congo - Kinshasa, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.