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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	Belarus	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	10,064	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	10,034	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	10,000	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	9,955	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	9,905	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	9,856	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	9,807	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	9,764	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	9,734	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	9,713	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	9,697	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	9,681	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	9,662	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	9,643	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	9,624	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	9,605	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	9,585	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	9,564	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	9,542	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	9,519	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	9,495	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	9,469	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	9,442	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	9,400	295	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 Belarus, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.