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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	Senegal	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	10,070	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	10,305	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	10,576	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	10,864	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	11,172	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	11,498	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	11,839	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	12,204	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	12,584	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	12,978	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	13,382	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	13,794	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	14,226	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	14,668	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	15,121	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	15,589	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	16,066	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	16,549	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	17,044	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	17,535	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	18,021	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	18,518	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	19,016	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	19,512	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, Senegal, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.