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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	Denmark	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	5,322	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	5,339	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	5,358	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	5,377	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	5,391	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	5,404	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	5,420	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	5,438	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	5,461	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	5,494	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	5,524	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	5,548	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	5,571	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	5,592	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	5,614	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	5,644	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	5,683	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	5,730	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	5,766	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	5,795	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	5,818	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	5,831	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	5,855	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	5,907	651

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, Denmark, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.