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	Senegal	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,070	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,305	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,576	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,864	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,172	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,498	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,839	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,204	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,584	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,978	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,382	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,794	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,226	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,668	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,121	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,589	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,066	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,549	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,044	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,535	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,021	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	18,518	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,016	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,512	108,171	530

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