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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	4,244	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	4,199	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	4,154	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	4,108	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	4,059	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	4,013	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	3,966	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	3,919	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	3,873	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	3,829	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	3,788	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	3,748	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	3,709	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	3,671	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	3,633	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	3,595	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	3,558	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	3,522	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	3,485	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	3,448	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	3,412	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	3,376	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	3,339	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	3,570	24,587

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, Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.