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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,085	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,065	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,047	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,038	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,026	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,014	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,998	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,979	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,957	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,934	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,915	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,900	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,892	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,888	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,882	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,876	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,868	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,863	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,861	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,854	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,842	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,825	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,799	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,787	7,666	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Albania, Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.