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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	Seychelles	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	108,171	651

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