Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Yemen	Congo - Kinshasa	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	51,181	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	52,782	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	54,453	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	56,170	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	57,860	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	59,599	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	61,474	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	63,479	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	65,590	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	67,800	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	70,114	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	72,550	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	75,138	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	77,792	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	80,534	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	83,368	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	86,229	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	89,193	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	92,209	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	95,232	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	98,320	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	101,499	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	104,767	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	108,171	220

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, Yemen, Congo - Kinshasa, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.