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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	Paraguay	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,366	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,473	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,579	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,683	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,786	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,886	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,984	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	6,080	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,173	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,264	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,352	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,438	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,522	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,605	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,688	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,769	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,850	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	6,930	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,012	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,095	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,179	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,263	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,348	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,432	295	530

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