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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	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	51,181	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	52,782	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	54,453	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	56,170	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	57,860	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	59,599	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	61,474	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,479	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	65,590	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	67,800	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	70,114	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	72,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	75,138	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	77,792	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,534	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	83,368	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	86,229	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	89,193	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	92,209	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	95,232	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	98,320	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	101,499	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	104,767	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	108,171	39,252

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