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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	Turkmenistan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	4,324	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	4,385	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	4,444	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	4,502	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	4,556	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	4,608	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	4,664	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	4,719	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	4,773	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	4,828	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	4,884	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	4,940	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	4,996	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	5,053	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	5,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	5,169	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	5,227	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	5,287	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	5,346	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	5,405	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	5,464	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	5,522	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	5,579	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	5,657	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, Turkmenistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.