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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	Russia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	147,218	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	146,600	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	145,980	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	145,310	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	144,652	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	144,071	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	143,522	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	143,053	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	142,809	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	142,746	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	142,789	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	142,853	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	142,964	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	143,205	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	143,510	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	146,094	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	146,410	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	146,678	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	146,846	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	146,834	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	146,768	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	146,463	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	145,849	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	146,693	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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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