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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	Cameroon	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	15,483	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	15,913	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	16,354	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	16,815	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	17,289	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	17,764	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	18,249	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	18,746	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	19,278	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	19,843	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	20,419	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	21,002	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	21,586	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	22,181	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	22,800	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	23,513	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	24,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	24,995	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	25,680	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	26,373	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	27,114	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	27,878	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	28,663	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	29,417	530

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, Cameroon, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.