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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	Dominica	Congo - Kinshasa	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	51,181	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	52,782	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	54,453	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	56,170	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	57,860	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	59,599	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	61,474	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	63,479	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	65,590	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	67,800	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	70,114	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	72,550	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	75,138	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	77,792	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	80,534	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	83,368	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	86,229	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	89,193	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	92,209	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	95,232	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	98,320	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	101,499	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	104,767	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	108,171	28,237

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, Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.