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

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