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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	108,171	3,570

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, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo - Kinshasa, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.