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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	Sudan	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	26,168	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	26,771	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	27,387	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	28,017	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	28,662	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	29,321	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	29,996	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	30,686	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	31,393	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	32,137	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	33,078	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	33,891	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	34,568	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	35,293	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	36,093	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	37,058	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	38,165	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	39,294	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	40,512	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	41,764	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	42,952	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	44,121	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	45,290	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	46,498	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, Sudan, Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.