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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	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	51,181	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	52,782	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	54,453	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	56,170	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	57,860	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	59,599	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	61,474	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,479	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	65,590	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	67,800	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	70,114	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	72,550	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	75,138	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	77,792	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,534	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	83,368	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	86,229	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	89,193	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	92,209	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	95,232	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	98,320	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	101,499	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	104,767	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	108,171	11,349

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