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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	Israel	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	108,171	651

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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