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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosMaltaQatarCongo - Kinshasa
27338762751,181
27439065952,782
27539369154,453
27639672456,170
27839875757,860
27940185059,599
2804041,00161,474
2814051,15363,479
2824061,30665,590
2834091,46067,800
2854121,61570,114
2864141,77072,550
2874161,90475,138
2884202,01077,792
2894262,10380,534
2904352,18783,368
2914452,26186,229
2914552,32689,193
2924682,38492,209
2934852,43595,232
2945042,48098,320
2945162,519101,499
2955182,553104,767
2955302,559108,171

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.

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