Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	4,993	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,116	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,237	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,357	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,476	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,595	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,715	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	5,835	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	5,967	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	6,115	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	6,270	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	6,432	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	6,144	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,849	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	6,010	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	6,163	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	6,291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	6,415	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	6,549	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	6,689	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	6,826	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	6,960	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	7,088	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	7,169	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

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