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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	Nepal	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	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.

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