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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	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	17,307

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