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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	Qatar	Congo - Kinshasa	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	51,181	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	52,782	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	54,453	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	56,170	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	57,860	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	59,599	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	61,474	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	63,479	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	65,590	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	67,800	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	70,114	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	72,550	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	75,138	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	77,792	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	80,534	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	83,368	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	86,229	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	89,193	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	92,209	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	95,232	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	98,320	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	101,499	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	104,767	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	108,171	9,918

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