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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	Colombia	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	38,365	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	38,911	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	39,411	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	39,918	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	40,416	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	40,899	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	41,374	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	41,862	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	42,324	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,781	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,264	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	43,771	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	44,225	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,660	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,081	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	45,846	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,290	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,796	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	47,385	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	48,222	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	49,326	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	50,283	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	50,978	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,332	108,171	530

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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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