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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	Barbados	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	273	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	274	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	275	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	276	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	278	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	279	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	280	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	281	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	282	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	283	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	285	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	286	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	287	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	288	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	289	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	290	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	291	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	291	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	292	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	293	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	294	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	294	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	295	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	295	24,587

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