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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	Turkmenistan	Congo - Kinshasa	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,324	51,181	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,385	52,782	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,444	54,453	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,502	56,170	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,556	57,860	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,608	59,599	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,664	61,474	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,719	63,479	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,773	65,590	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,828	67,800	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,884	70,114	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,940	72,550	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,996	75,138	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,053	77,792	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,110	80,534	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,169	83,368	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,227	86,229	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,287	89,193	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,346	92,209	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,405	95,232	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,464	98,320	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,522	101,499	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,579	104,767	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,657	108,171	167

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, Turkmenistan, Congo - Kinshasa, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.