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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	North Korea	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	3,696	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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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