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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	Laos	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	530	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, Laos, Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.