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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	Djibouti	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	646	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	669	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	693	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	716	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	691	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	657	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	666	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	679	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	694	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	709	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	725	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	741	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	757	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	774	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	792	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	810	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	828	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	847	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	865	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	884	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	898	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	912	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	924	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	937	108,171	3,570

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, Djibouti, Congo - Kinshasa, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.