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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	51,181	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	52,782	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	54,453	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	56,170	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	57,860	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	59,599	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	61,474	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	63,479	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	65,590	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	67,800	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	70,114	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	72,550	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	75,138	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	77,792	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	80,534	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	83,368	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	86,229	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	89,193	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	92,209	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	95,232	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	98,320	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	101,499	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	104,767	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	108,171	5,657

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, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.