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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	Latvia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,386	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,363	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,333	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,306	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,284	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,259	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,235	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,215	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,197	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,174	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,138	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,093	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,055	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,030	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,009	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,991	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,974	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,956	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,938	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,923	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,910	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,897	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,880	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,883	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.

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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, Latvia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.