Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Luxembourg	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	433	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	438	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	443	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	448	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	454	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	460	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	467	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	474	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	482	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	491	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	500	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	509	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	521	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	533	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	547	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	560	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	571	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	586	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	599	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	610	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	623	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	633	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	643	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	651	98

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