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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	51,181	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	52,782	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	54,453	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	56,170	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	57,860	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	59,599	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	61,474	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	63,479	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	65,590	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	67,800	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	70,114	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	72,550	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	75,138	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	77,792	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	80,534	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	83,368	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	86,229	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	89,193	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	92,209	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	95,232	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	98,320	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	101,499	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	104,767	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	108,171	31,845

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, Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.