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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	3,085	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	3,065	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	3,047	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	3,038	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	3,026	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	3,014	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	2,998	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	2,979	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	2,957	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	2,934	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	2,915	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	2,900	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	2,892	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	2,888	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	2,882	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	2,876	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	2,868	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	2,863	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	2,861	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	2,854	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	2,842	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	2,825	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	2,799	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	2,787	2,316

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