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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	North Macedonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,085	2,006	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,065	2,017	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,047	2,026	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,038	2,011	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,026	2,018	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,014	2,024	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,998	2,028	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,979	2,031	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,957	2,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,934	2,038	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,915	2,042	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,900	2,046	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,892	2,049	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,888	2,052	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,882	2,055	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,876	2,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,868	2,061	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,863	2,063	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,861	2,065	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,854	2,067	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,842	2,068	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,825	2,065	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,799	2,057	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,787	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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