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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	51,181	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	52,782	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	54,453	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	56,170	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	57,860	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	59,599	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	61,474	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	63,479	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	65,590	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	67,800	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	70,114	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	72,550	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	75,138	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	77,792	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	80,534	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	83,368	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	86,229	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	89,193	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	92,209	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	95,232	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	98,320	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	101,499	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	104,767	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	108,171	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.