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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	51,181	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	52,782	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	54,453	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	56,170	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	57,860	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	59,599	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	61,474	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,479	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	65,590	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	67,800	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	70,114	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	72,550	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	75,138	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	77,792	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,534	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	83,368	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	86,229	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	89,193	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	92,209	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	95,232	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	98,320	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	101,499	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	104,767	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	108,171	10,200

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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