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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	Sierra Leone	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	3,736	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,809	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	4,043	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	4,287	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	4,466	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	4,602	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	4,708	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	4,818	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	4,918	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	5,023	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	5,132	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	5,246	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	5,364	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	5,486	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	5,613	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	5,744	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	5,879	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	6,019	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	6,163	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	6,312	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	6,461	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	6,611	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	6,761	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	6,910	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, Sierra Leone, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.