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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	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	5,322	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	5,339	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	5,358	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	5,377	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	5,391	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	5,404	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	5,420	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	5,438	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	5,461	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	5,494	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	5,524	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	5,548	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	5,571	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	5,592	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	5,614	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	5,644	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	5,683	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	5,730	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	5,766	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	5,795	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	5,818	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	5,831	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	5,855	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	5,907	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

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