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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	Tunisia
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	9,417
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	9,514
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	9,613
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	9,711
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	9,810
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	9,906
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	9,997
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	10,087
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	10,178
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	10,274
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	10,377
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	10,491
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	10,612
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	10,737
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	10,866
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	10,996
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	11,124
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	11,248
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	11,365
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	11,477
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	11,583
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	11,681
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	11,772
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	11,862

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