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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	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	51,181	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	52,782	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	54,453	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	56,170	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	57,860	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	59,599	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	61,474	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	63,479	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	65,590	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	67,800	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	70,114	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	72,550	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	75,138	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	77,792	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	80,534	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	83,368	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	86,229	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	89,193	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	92,209	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	95,232	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	98,320	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	101,499	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	104,767	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	108,171	1,087

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, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.