Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	26,168	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	26,771	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	27,387	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	28,017	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	28,662	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	29,321	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	29,996	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	30,686	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	31,393	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	32,137	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	33,078	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	33,891	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	34,568	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	35,293	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	36,093	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	37,058	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	38,165	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	39,294	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	40,512	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	41,764	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	42,952	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	44,121	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	45,290	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	46,498	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, Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.