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	Mali	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	10,596	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	10,833	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	10,890	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	11,007	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	11,307	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	11,579	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	11,804	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	12,043	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	12,337	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	12,657	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	12,986	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	13,325	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	13,679	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	14,040	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	14,412	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	14,803	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	15,210	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	15,629	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	16,060	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	16,507	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	16,967	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	17,442	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	17,930	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	18,494	167

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, Mali, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.