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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	Germany	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	5,286	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	5,397	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	5,499	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	5,578	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	5,654	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	5,746	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	5,836	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	5,931	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	6,035	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	6,145	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	6,257	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	6,368	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	6,477	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	6,586	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	6,695	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	6,804	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	6,912	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	7,019	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	7,127	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	7,234	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	7,343	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	7,452	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	7,560	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	7,666	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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