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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	Senegal	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,070	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,305	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,576	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,864	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,172	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,498	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,839	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,204	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,584	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,978	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,382	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,794	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,226	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,668	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,121	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,589	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,066	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,549	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,044	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,535	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,021	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	18,518	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,016	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,512	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, Senegal, Congo - Kinshasa, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.