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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	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	32,956

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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

No separate list is published for Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.