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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosMontenegroCongo - KinshasaAlbania
27362351,1813,085
27462352,7823,065
27562354,4533,047
27662256,1703,038
27862157,8603,026
27962159,5993,014
28062161,4742,998
28162063,4792,979
28262065,5902,957
28362167,8002,934
28562270,1142,915
28662372,5502,900
28762275,1382,892
28862277,7922,888
28962280,5342,882
29062183,3682,876
29162086,2292,868
29161889,1932,863
29261692,2092,861
29361495,2322,854
29461398,3202,842
294612101,4992,825
295611104,7672,799
295610108,1712,787

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

Montenegro

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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