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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	China	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	1,248,899	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	1,258,401	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	1,267,178	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	1,275,379	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	1,283,064	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	1,290,620	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	1,298,245	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	1,305,116	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	1,311,877	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	1,318,559	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	1,324,993	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	1,331,357	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	1,339,549	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	1,349,537	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	1,357,520	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	1,366,654	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	1,373,406	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	1,382,401	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	1,390,136	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	1,395,398	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	1,400,035	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	1,402,060	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	1,402,537	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	1,401,693	5,907

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

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.