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	Estonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	51,181	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	52,782	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	54,453	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	56,170	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	57,860	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	59,599	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	61,474	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	63,479	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	65,590	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	67,800	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	70,114	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	72,550	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	75,138	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	77,792	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	80,534	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	83,368	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	86,229	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	89,193	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	92,209	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	95,232	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	98,320	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	101,499	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	104,767	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	108,171	76

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