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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	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	26,168	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	26,771	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	27,387	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	28,017	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	28,662	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	29,321	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	29,996	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	30,686	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	31,393	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	32,137	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	33,078	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	33,891	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	34,568	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	35,293	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	36,093	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	37,058	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	38,165	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	39,294	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	40,512	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	41,764	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	42,952	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	44,121	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	45,290	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	46,498	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, Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.