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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	51,181	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	52,782	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	54,453	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	56,170	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	57,860	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	59,599	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	61,474	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	63,479	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	65,590	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	67,800	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	70,114	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	72,550	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	75,138	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	77,792	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	80,534	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	83,368	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	86,229	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	89,193	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	92,209	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	95,232	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	98,320	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	101,499	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	104,767	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	108,171	5,458

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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