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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	Sri Lanka	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	19,354	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	19,610	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	19,838	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	20,060	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	20,297	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	20,529	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	20,703	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	20,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	21,120	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	21,315	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	21,503	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	21,713	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	21,918	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	22,120	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	22,320	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	22,517	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	22,711	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	22,899	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	23,080	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	23,254	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	23,420	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	23,579	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	23,732	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	23,796	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, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.