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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	Cambodia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	12,122	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	12,317	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	12,504	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	12,691	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	12,881	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	13,076	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	13,276	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	13,461	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	13,630	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	13,808	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	13,990	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	14,162	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	14,322	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	14,480	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	14,637	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	14,793	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	14,994	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	15,238	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	15,480	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	15,717	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	15,944	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	16,149	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	16,338	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	16,514	108,171

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