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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	Chad	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,559	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,821	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,092	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,395	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,763	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,191	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,594	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,967	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,338	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,728	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,139	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,550	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,983	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	12,427	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	12,895	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	13,379	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	13,823	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	14,277	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	14,765	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,252	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,750	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,257	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,776	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,307	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.

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