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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	Moldova	Yemen	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	4,244	16,728	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	4,199	17,236	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,154	17,762	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,108	18,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,059	18,855	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,013	19,410	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,966	20,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,919	20,611	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,873	21,236	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,829	21,878	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,788	22,533	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,748	23,195	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,709	23,880	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,671	24,594	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,633	25,311	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,595	26,020	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,558	26,698	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,522	27,347	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,485	27,985	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,448	28,608	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,412	29,216	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,376	29,811	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,339	30,399	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,570	31,058	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, Moldova, Yemen, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.