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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	51,181	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	52,782	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	54,453	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	56,170	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	57,860	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	59,599	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	61,474	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	63,479	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	65,590	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	67,800	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	70,114	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	72,550	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	75,138	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	77,792	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	80,534	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	83,368	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	86,229	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	89,193	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	92,209	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	95,232	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	98,320	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	101,499	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	104,767	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	108,171	6,291

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