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