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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	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	51,181	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	52,782	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	54,453	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	56,170	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	57,860	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	59,599	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	61,474	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	63,479	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	65,590	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	67,800	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	70,114	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	72,550	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	75,138	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	77,792	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	80,534	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	83,368	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	86,229	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	89,193	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	92,209	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	95,232	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	98,320	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	101,499	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	104,767	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	108,171	13,439

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, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.