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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	Cape Verde	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	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.

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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, Cape Verde, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.