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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	Puerto Rico	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	3,800	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	3,811	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	3,819	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	3,824	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	3,826	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	3,827	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	3,822	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	3,805	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	3,783	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	3,761	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	3,741	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	3,722	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	3,679	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	3,636	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	3,589	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	3,534	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	3,473	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	3,411	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	3,352	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	3,295	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	3,268	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	3,247	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	3,232	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	3,228	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

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