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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	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	26,168	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	26,771	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	27,387	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	28,017	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	28,662	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	29,321	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	29,996	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	30,686	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	31,393	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	32,137	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	33,078	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	33,891	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	34,568	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	35,293	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	36,093	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	37,058	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	38,165	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	39,294	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	40,512	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	41,764	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	42,952	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	44,121	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	45,290	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	46,498	530	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, Sudan, Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.