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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	3,333

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.

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