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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	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.

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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, Hong Kong SAR China, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.