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

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.