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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	Montenegro	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	623	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	623	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	623	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	622	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	621	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	621	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	621	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	620	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	620	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	621	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	622	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	623	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	622	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	622	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	622	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	621	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	620	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	618	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	616	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	614	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	613	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	612	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	611	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	610	108,171	7,432

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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.