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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	32,912	51,181	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	33,953	52,782	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	34,974	54,453	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	36,021	56,170	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	37,100	57,860	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,167	59,599	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,262	61,474	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	40,387	63,479	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	41,557	65,590	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,741	67,800	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,889	70,114	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,132	72,550	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,531	75,138	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	47,965	77,792	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	49,437	80,534	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,965	83,368	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,604	86,229	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	54,336	89,193	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	56,062	92,209	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	57,765	95,232	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,465	98,320	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	61,191	101,499	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,944	104,767	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	64,835	108,171	1,330

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