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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	Libya	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	4,993	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,116	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,237	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,357	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,476	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,595	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,715	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,835	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,967	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,115	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,270	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,432	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,144	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,849	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,010	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,163	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,291	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	6,415	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	6,549	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	6,689	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	6,826	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	6,960	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,088	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,169	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.

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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, Libya, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.