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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	Tanzania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	32,912	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	33,953	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	34,974	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	36,021	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	37,100	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,167	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,262	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	40,387	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	41,557	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,741	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,889	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,132	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,531	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	47,965	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	49,437	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,965	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,604	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	54,336	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	56,062	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	57,765	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,465	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	61,191	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,944	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	64,835	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, Tanzania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.