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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	Venezuela	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	2,787	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.

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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Barbados, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.