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	Mauritania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	2,437	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	2,501	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	2,566	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	2,632	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	2,699	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	2,768	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	2,838	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	2,909	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	2,981	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	3,055	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	3,129	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	3,205	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	3,282	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	3,359	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	3,438	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	3,517	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	3,597	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	3,677	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	3,759	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	3,840	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	3,942	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	4,045	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	4,150	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	4,259	530

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, Mauritania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.