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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	Malaysia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,132	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,695	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	23,291	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	23,874	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	24,437	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	24,993	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	25,543	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	26,086	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	26,620	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	27,161	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	27,715	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	28,268	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	28,750	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	29,163	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	29,568	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	29,977	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	30,387	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	30,782	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	31,164	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	31,539	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	31,903	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	32,257	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	32,603	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	32,956	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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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