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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	China	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,248,899	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,258,401	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,267,178	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,275,379	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,283,064	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,290,620	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,298,245	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,305,116	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,311,877	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,318,559	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,324,993	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,331,357	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,339,549	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,349,537	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,357,520	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,366,654	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,373,406	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,382,401	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,390,136	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,395,398	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,400,035	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,402,060	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,402,537	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,401,693	2,787	108,171

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

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

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