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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	Moldova	Armenia
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	4,244	2,970
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	4,199	2,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	4,154	2,965
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	4,108	2,962
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	4,059	2,955
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	4,013	2,953
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	3,966	2,951
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	3,919	2,948
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	3,873	2,946
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	3,829	2,943
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	3,788	2,941
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	3,748	2,939
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	3,709	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	3,671	2,934
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	3,633	2,932
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	3,595	2,928
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	3,558	2,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	3,522	2,919
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	3,485	2,913
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	3,448	2,907
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	3,412	2,899
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	3,376	2,891
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	3,339	2,881
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	3,570	2,871

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, Moldova, Armenia; the database as a whole is cited above.