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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	Colombia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	51,181	38,365
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	52,782	38,911
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	54,453	39,411
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	56,170	39,918
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	57,860	40,416
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	59,599	40,899
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	61,474	41,374
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,479	41,862
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	65,590	42,324
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	67,800	42,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	70,114	43,264
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	72,550	43,771
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	75,138	44,225
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	77,792	44,660
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,534	45,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	83,368	45,846
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	86,229	46,290
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	89,193	46,796
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	92,209	47,385
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	95,232	48,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	98,320	49,326
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	101,499	50,283
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	104,767	50,978
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	108,171	51,332

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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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