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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	North Korea	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,594	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,785	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,977	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	23,165	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	23,330	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	23,477	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	23,621	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	23,764	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	23,908	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	24,051	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	24,191	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	24,326	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	24,457	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	24,589	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	24,720	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	24,852	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	24,983	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	25,115	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	25,248	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	25,381	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	25,497	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	25,608	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	25,711	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	25,808	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 Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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