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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	51,181	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	52,782	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	54,453	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	56,170	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	57,860	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	59,599	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	61,474	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,479	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	65,590	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	67,800	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	70,114	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	72,550	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	75,138	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	77,792	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,534	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	83,368	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	86,229	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	89,193	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	92,209	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	95,232	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	98,320	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	101,499	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	104,767	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	108,171	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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